MS Dhoni amazes netizens with Superman-style catch to send Shreyas Iyer back; watch video

Chennai are currently competing with Delhi in Match 7 of Dream11 IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Having won toss, Chennai invited Delhi to bat first. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan, who opened innings for Delhi, played rar meticulously without taking any risk as y reached 36/0 at end of powerplay.

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Chennai vs Dhoni live: MS Dhoni catch against Delhi stuns cricketing community

However, two openers upped ante after powerplay and added some quick runs as Delhi scoreboard read 88/0 at halfway mark. Prithvi Shaw was aggressor in partnership while Shikhar Dhawan was content playing second fiddle to young batsman. southpaw, who clearly struggled to get going in match, lost his wicket to Piyush Chawla in 11th over while trying to play a reverse sweep.

Rishabh Pant was promoted ahead of skipper Shreyas Pant to escalate run-rate. On or hand, Prithvi Shaw, who scored a brilliant fifty, was dismissed by Piyush Chawla in 13th over. Shaw played en exceptional kck of 64 off 43 balls before being stumped by MS Dhoni. It was n up to Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer to propel Delhi to a competitive total.

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Both batsmen found it tough to get going on Dubai pitch. Shreyas Iyer scored a 22-ball 26 before getting dismissed courtesy of MS Dhoni's Superman-style catch. It all happened in 19th over when Sam Curran bowled an off-cutter which Shreyas Iyer tried to send out of park. However, all he could man was an edge as ball flew towards second-slip area. MS Dhoni dived to his right and got hold of ball. Meanwhile, Delhi ended ir innings at 175/3. It would be interesting to see how Chennai go about ir chase.

Here's clip of MS Dhoni catch against Delhi, Twitterati express delight and amazement at Dhoni's athleticism

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Dhoni Dream11 IPL 2020 records hat set to add ar fear

MS Dhoni Dream11 IPL 2020 records comprise of 4,461 runs in his run-scoring tally. He made his debut in inaugural edition of tournament and has aggregated his runs at an aver of 137.94 with 212 sixes. Through his 212 hits over fence, legendary wicketkeeper-batsman is only third-leading batsmen in IPL history with most sixes after Chris Gayle (326) and AB de Villiers (215).

If MS Dhoni mans to hit two sixes against Shreyas Iyer and co. in ongoing Dream11 IPL 2020 game, he will reach 300 sixes overall across all T20 matches (international + league). By doing so, he will become only third Indian batsman after Rohit Sharma (367) and Suresh Raina (311) to reach 300 sixes in 20-overs cricket.

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SOURCE: IPLT20.COM