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
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)
