Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made jaws drop with an unbelievable catch within the Chennai Tremendous Kings’ victory over Gujarat Titans of their second IPL 2024 sport on Tuesday evening.
The CSK devoted had been initially left disillusioned that MSD didn’t not face a single ball within the first innings at Chepauk, with Shivam Dube (51), Ruturaj Gaikwad (46) and Rachin Ravindra (46) propelling CSK to a aggressive goal of 206/6.
However Dhoni nonetheless managed to carry the roof down on the MA Chidambaram Stadium when he dove to his proper to take an acrobatic catch and ship Vijay Shankar again to the hut off the bowling of Daryl Mitchell.
The broadcasters later revealed that the 42-year-old Dhoni’s dive was measured at 2.27m.
Whereas followers in Chepauk and on social media had been left amazed, even those that have performed cricket professionally on the prime echelons, couldn’t held however marvel. Listed below are the very best reactions:
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‘Tiger zinda hai’: Suresh Raina
“Yeh baat yaad rakhiye sir #tigerabhizindahai @mahi7781 bhai (Simply keep in mind the truth that the tiger remains to be alive.) All the time going sturdy & inspiring everybody round,” mentioned Suresh Raina on his Instagram feed with a clip of Dhoni taking the catch.
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‘Dhoni wound again the clock’: Steve Smith
“Dhoni wound again the clock, did not he? Simply put a dive in there, it was 2.27 meters, it got here up on the protection, it was an amazing catch. He was standing a bit nearer as a result of Darryl Mitchell isn’t the quickest of bowlers so he was up good and tight, did not have quite a lot of time to react however his reactions are definitely nonetheless there, aren’t they? Lined floor properly and simply caught in that proper hand,” Steve Smith mentioned on Star Sports activities.
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‘Dhoni does not must bat to vary the sport’: Stuart Broad
“Dhoni remains to be fairly good, isn’t he? He is a legend of the sport. I really feel for MS, he does not must bat in a sport and nonetheless manages to have a second that strikes or adjustments the sport in lower than a second. His teammates swarmed in delighted for him and the group in Chennai cherished it so it was an amazing second within the evening,” Stuart Broad mentioned on Star Sports activities.
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‘Udta Dhoni…. What a catch’: Irfan Pathan
Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan reacted to the catch with an on the spot tweet that learn: “Udta Dhoni…. What a catch”
The sport additionally noticed Ajinkya Rahane taking an acrobatic catch. In one other tweet, Pathan requested: “Would you select Dhoni’s catch or Rahane’s? My decide is Rahane, yours?”