Watch: MS Dhoni ran out Anuj Rawat with a direct underarm throw in the IPL 2024 series opener between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Chennai today (March 22).
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In the last ball of the innings, Tushar Deshpande bowled a wide yorker. Dinesh Karthik, batting then on 38 off 26 balls, shuffled across but missed it and tried to snatch a single in the next moment. Dhoni safely pouched the ball behind the stumps and directed a throw with his gloves on. The ball smashed the stumps in the very next moment. Rawat (48 off 25) ran in hard from the non-striker’s end and dived in desperation but fell well short of his crease.
Ian Bishop, on-air, was heard praising the 42-year-old wicketkeeper-batter for his fitness and sharp reflex, saying “he (Dhoni) has still got it”.
The run out meant RCB finished at 173-6. Earlier, Mustafizur Rahman proved to be the wrecker-in-chief for CSK reducing them to 78-5 with four wickets before Rawat and Karthik rescued RCB’s innings with a 95-run stand.
