"Finished his own team!" - Fans roast MS Dhoni as CSK lose three games in a row in IPL 2022
MS Dhoni failed to take the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) over the line as they were bowled out for just 126 against the Punjab Kings (PBKS). This is CSK's third consecutive defeat this season and they have failed to get off the mark in the IPL points table.
Regarded as one of the best finishers the game has ever seen, MS Dhoni didn't quite show enough intent in his batting even when the required run rate was increasing exponentially. He scored just 23 runs off 28 balls and couldn't quite provide the finishing kick to CSK's innings.
Fans on Twitter slammed CSK for their poor batting display as they felt the target of 181 was chasable under these favorable batting conditions. They also slammed MS Dhoni for not showing enough urgency in his batting. Here are some of the reactions:
Dhoni getting out to a young 'keeper being super confident about DRS
Poetry.
Anyways Dhoni did an excellent runout, enough content till the next match
Vaise Dhoni is not responsible for this loss. He has already played two decent knocks. Jitna tank mein fuel ho, utni hi expectations rakhni chahiye
Commentators defending Dhoni that he starts slowly. Wonder how more slowly can one start when RRR is more than 12 😭
Dube and dhoni partnership https://t.co/WcxboHHzdW
Think we'll see a pretty fair example of the compromise CSK make when they retain Dhoni the batter for Dhoni the captaincy groomer. Even for that fifty versus KKR, he hardly moved the pace facing Narine and Varun.
Dhoni playing for average/statpadding are worst takes, he is clearly very uncomfortable against spin and the ploy he takes is to take the game deep and target his strength zone, call that innings out for a poor knock but to be calling it out for increasing his average is poor.
Dhoni should have come ahead after three early wickets
Few better sights than seeing MS Dhoni have a net in an IPL game
, Livingston is better than my idol
Honest Dhoni fan💉😎, Livingston is better than my idol😔 https://t.co/Eo2qYSXAqb
Dhoni and Shivam Dube partnership. https://t.co/T1pBm52lIj
MS Dhoni is there in the middle to just basically mentor the young players while he is just practising when he is on strike.
Ms Dhoni is the greatest finisher.
(Finished his own team)
Dhoni is literally the guy who creates pressure situations himself, sometimes overcomes it and gets best finisher shouts and most often fells in his own trap
That's a defeat after which I would like to hear MS Dhoni instead of Ravindra Jadeja
What a poor knock by Dhoni. No amount of situational excuse can justify the tempo of this knock. Extremely poor knock.
I am from Chennai and was a CSK fan, but at some point their Dhoni sycophancy & stubbornness started annoying me so don't really support them. Poor squad construction this year.
Dhoni sir had a delicious dinner today!!😹😹 https://t.co/vTIVpSXUnQ
Just thank MS DHONI...🙏
My friend's uncle was paralysed, but after watching Dhoni's innings he himself stood up and switched off the TV.
#cskvspbks
All Watching Today thala dhoni's inning #CSKvsPBKS #CSKvPBKS #PBKSvCSK https://t.co/I9BiGuScsE
Dhoni changes the bat to get that extra-edge, gets detected on ultra-edge. https://t.co/g2lAOuZIKN
Credit to Mayank Agarwal, the captain 👏👏 MS Dhoni's slow innings took it beyond CSK's reach.
#PBKSvCSK #IPL2022 #CricketTwitter
#IPL2022
Everytime Jaddu to Dhoni 😄 #IPL2022 https://t.co/VV5BMiPiP0
Not one commentator will call out this ridiculous innings by Dhoni. And fans will find a way to justify it. #CSK
Perfect condition in the match for Dhoni to take CSK to a respectable loss.
Getting compared with AB de Villiers is the biggest achievement of MS Dhoni -the batsman.
Dhoni applied something on his hands and changed the bat just to get out on next ball on 23(28) 🤣 https://t.co/vqB2XCJuyE
MS Dhoni couldn't steady CSK's sinking ship
CSK bowlers did extremely well to restrict PBKS to just 180/8 after the kind of start that they had to the powerplay. It looked like with dew likely to play a part in the second half, the Men in Yellow had a great chance to get their first win on the board.
But that was not to be the case as star pacer Kagiso Rabada and debutant Vaibhav Arora set the tone nicely for PBKS' defense. Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his horror run with the bat, edging one behind to Shikhar Dhawan in the slip cordon. Robin Uthappa also couldn't do much, departing due to some excellent swing bowling from Arora.
The youngster struck once again, dismissing the dangerous Moeen Ali for a duck. It all came crashing down when skipper Ravindra Jadeja and Ambati Rayudu were dismissed and CSK were reeling at 36/5.
Shivam Dube got together with MS Dhoni and the southpaw showed some much-needed intent. He scored 57 runs off just 30 balls and kept CSK's chase alive. However, it was Liam Livingstone's day as after a sensational contribution with the bat, he also picked up wickets of Dube and Dwayne Bravo off consecutive deliveries.
Dhoni did hit one six, but it was a little too late for CSK as they fell 55 runs short of the target. Jadeja and his men have some serious thinking to do as it would only get difficult from here to make a strong comeback in the tournament.
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