'King, Superman, Magic'- Twitter is full of praise for MS Dhoni as he nearly does the impossible in RCB vs CSK match

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by one run in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 on Monday. However, the result was almost the opposite as MS Dhoni nearly pulled off a memorable win for his side. 

Dhoni scored 84 off 48 balls as he took the contest to the very last ball. CSK needed 26 runs in the final over. Dhoni scored 24 runs off the first balls as he went after Umesh Yadav. With two runs needed off the final ball, Dhoni was beaten by Umesh Yadav and Parthiv Patel struck the stumps before Shardul Thakur could complete the single to win it for Bangalore.

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Twitter was also full of praise for MS Dhoni's super effort  

There was never and will never again be a cricketing phenomenon like #DHONI. The result doesn't matter, the points don't matter, that was a major win for #MSD. His calm is a super power. I salute you superman. You have changed cricket forever. #RCBvCSK

— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) April 21, 2019

Always A King. Dhoni #CSKvRCB

— Vamsi Kaka (@vamsikaka) April 21, 2019

Good News: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is all set for the World Cup. #GOAT

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 21, 2019

Uff! Some game! Cricket needs Dhoni to write its scripts.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 21, 2019

That was special from Dhoni. 26 needed of the last over and nearly pulling it off. #RCBvCSK

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 21, 2019

It's ok. MSD. Take a bow. When everyone wrote it's too far, we saw Mahi magic. It's never over till MS Dhoni is at the crease. Sure you will be gutted than anyone else not to have connected it. Well played.

— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) April 21, 2019

RCB still remained at the bottom of the IPL 2019 Points Table, while CSK continued to lead the standings. 

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RCB skipper Virat Kohli later said that MS Dhoni gave him and his team a massive scare. 

"A whole lot of emotions," said Kohli when asked about what he was going through after yet another last-ball thriller. "We were outstanding with the ball until the 19th over mark. On the last ball, that (run-out) was the last thing I would have expected to happen. Feels good to win a game by a small margin."

"MS did what he does best and he gave us all a massive scare," said Kohli at the post-match presentation ceremony.

Dhoni, who nearly won the match for CSK with a magnificent 84 not out off 48 balls, felt that they missed a few boundaries earlier on which cost them dearly.

"A lot of boundaries were needed, right now you can calculate, one run there, and two runs there and we just lost by one run. But you can also say we missed some boundaries," Dhoni said. 

(With Agency Inputs)