The former all rounder of Indian Cricket Team recalls an emotional outburst of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Indian premier league.
There have been a number of unforgettable moments in the history of Chennai super Kings whether it be their first tittle win when they defeated Mumbai Indians led by Sachin Tendulkar in the finals are there incredible return to the tournament in 2018 when they defeated sunrisers Hyderabad to win their third title. However the star of franchise and former cricketer Suresh Raina who was also called as Mr IPL during his playing days has pin-pointed his ‘favourite moment’ featuring Dhoni, and no, it wasn’t the title win, but a match from IPL 2010.
Dhoni hit the winning runs against Kings XI Punjab in the CSK final league match of the season thus ensuring the team qualification to the Play offs of the tournament. This win allowed Chennai super Kings to finished 3rd in the table and Dhoni who had played an brilliant 54 run knock off only 29 deliveries had a rare show of emotions as he punched his helmet following the win.
Raina said on ‘My time with Dhoni’ on jiocinema that, “I was in the dressing room. He hit the six in Dharamshala during that IPL match and punched his helmet. I never saw him doing that ever, even when he used to practice in nets or if he got caught up in some fight. That meant something to him. And it was a learning lesson for all of us on how important it is to take your team to win from a pressure situation.
Suresh Raina had also played an important 46 runs knock out of 27 balls while chasing their target. CSK eventually defeated the Deccan Chargers in the semi-finals and MI in the finals to win their first tittle.
