Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: MS Dhoni watches Shahrukh Khan's final ball six; Photo goes viral

Legendary Indian skipper MS Dhoni made headlines on Monday as Tamil Nadu won Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2021, by defeating Karnataka in final, and successfully defending ir title. Tamil Nadu batter Shahrukh Khan played a huge role in second consecutive title win on Monday, by scoring a total of 33 runs off 15 balls in final, while chasing a target of 152 runs set by Karnataka in first innings. young cricketer hit a six off final ball of innings to win match by four wickets for Tamil Nadu, and received much appreciation from fans all over India, for his fantastic finishing skills.

Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) took to ir official Twitter handle on Monday, and posted a picture of MS Dhoni watching Sharukh’s six in thrilling final over, and captioned picture by saying that cricketer finished off match in style. Earlier, before final over was bowled by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu needed 17 runs off six balls to defend ir title. first ball was put away for a boundary by R Sai Kishore, before batters scored seven runs off next four balls, which included two wides. Facing final ball of innings, Shahrukh came up with a fantastic strike by dislodging ball onto stands for a six and winning match for his team. 

How did internet react to MS Dhoni watching Shahrukh Khan's six?

As soon as Indian cricket fans came across picture of MS Dhoni watching final ball six, y took internet by storm as tweet quickly got viral and received some interesting replies. A fan urged Dhoni and CSK to buy Shahrukh Khan in next IPL players auction if he is available. fan furr added that Shahrukh can be a pretty good middle-order batter, and can play for team for a long period of time since he is still very young. 

Shahrukh Khan was picked by Punjab Kings in IPL 2021 players auction

Meanwhile, ar fan mentioned in his tweet that, following S Badrinath, Ravichandran Ashwin and Murli Vijay, prominent player has represented CSK in IPL. He mentioned that youngsters have been picked in past, but y have ended up on bench as well. 26-year-old Sharukh currently plays for Punjab Kings (PBKS) in IPL, after he impressed cricketing fraternity by playing some match-winning kcks for Tamil Nadu in previous edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2020. He was bought for a whopping price of INR 5.25 crore in IPL 2021 players auction and went on to play for side in 11 IPL matches.

(Im: @ChennaiIPL/@BCCIdomestic/Twitter)