2502dThe Report by Deivarayan Muthu

Dhoni's last-over heroics seals Supergiants win

MS Dhoni unleashed his attacking avatar to thump Axar Patel for back-to-back sixes as Rising Pune Supergiants pipped Kings XI Punjab by four wickets in Visakhapatnam

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MS Dhoni
64(32) 4x4 - 5x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 25 runs
  • 0x4 - 4x6
0 7 1 12 7 8 15 14
M Vijay
M Vijay
59(41) 4x4 - 3x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 13 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
2 6 2 2 10 0 24 13

Best performances - Bowlers

R Ashwin
R Ashwin
O4
M0
R34
W4
Eco8.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Gurkeerat Singh
Gurkeerat Singh
O2
M0
R15
W2
Eco7.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

Kings XI Punjab , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50-19.20

Match days

21 May 2016 - day/night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Rising Pune Supergiants 2, Kings XI Punjab 0

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Shashank Kishore

END OF OVER:
20 | 23 Runs | RPS: 173/6 | RR: 8.65

  • MS Dhoni64 (32b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin1 (1b)
  • Axar Patel4-0-43-1
  • Mohit Sharma4-0-39-1

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MS Dhoni is the player of the match for his unbeaten 32-ball 64. "It was a fantastic game. If we were alive, this is the kind of game you wanted to win to get into the knockouts. Looking back, we started well and ended well. We were never completely outplayed, which gives us the confidence that we can do better next year. We have to lift our game slightly, which will have an impact on our team. Right from the start, bowling was one department where we were worried. When we have started well with the new ball, the spinners have done well. Otherwise they have struggled. Overall, there were glimpses of some very good talent. We don't have the luxury of having outstanding players on the bench, but this is still a very good team. How we change our game according to our demands is important, so adaptability is the key. This IPL, the best wickets were provided."

Saurabh: "MSD keeps the marker after signing the match ball to himself once again! He likes to keep them as souvenirs? "

Anush Rajagopal: "Bailey was a wonderful captain. Just had a bad season. Much like Dhoni's season this time around. Kings eleven should have never terminated his services."

7:35pm Should Vijay have gone for Abbott? Well, we can debate that long and hard into the night, but for now, lets celebrate MS Dhoni magic. Woah, that was some hitting! Get your heart rates back to normal, folks. It could have so easily gone wrong, but Dhoni kept his composure, cool and then ensured the job was done in the end. What was the probability of striking 23 off the final over to win this game? Not much, but boy, has he done what he used to do all those years back, and in some style. You wouldn't know RPS had just clinched a thriller by looking at Dhoni's face. He's as calm as they come, his partner Ashwin is more animated at the other end as the entire team runs onto the field to embrace their leader. Heart-stopper! The crowd have got their monies worth. Who would have thought a dead rubber would give us a thriller, and an MS Dhoni special his fans were hoping for? Incredible!

ANIRBAN: "Dhoni bids adieu to this year's ipl with his signature helicopter shot. whadda player."

Nabeel: "That somehow sums up King's XI season, next time please focus a little more on who should lead the team because the captaincy woes are hurting them badly ! that was an absolute shocker from Vijay to hand it over to Axar."

Anush Rajagopal: "Welcome back MS Dhoni. "

19.6
6
Patel to Dhoni, SIX, what a man! Yem Yessssss Dhoniiiiiiiiiiii. Remember the nammeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Axar bowls this from over the wicket, but the change of angle does little to alter Dhoni's bat swing. This was fired in, too full on middle and leg, but Dhoni had decided he was going over midwicket come hell or high water, and that bottom hand of his is into play as the ball flies off the middle of the bat into the deep midwicket boundary. Shades of the good old helicopter in that one. The powerful wrists of his to the fore as he flicked it up and over. Wow!

There's a dog on the field, and it doesn't want to leave. Is it the same dog that halted play the other night? Don't think KXIP would be complaining. It gives Axar time to gather his thoughts

19.5
6
Patel to Dhoni, SIX, short on middle, Dhoni moves back into the crease and swings this one over deep midwicket. Wow! Incredible. Too short, he picked the length early
19.4
4
Patel to Dhoni, FOUR, short outside off and he's flat batted that over cover, one bounce into the ropes. An inch on the other side and it would have been six. Is this alive still? This was too short, Dhoni had enough room to slap that over the infield
19.3
0
Patel to Dhoni, no run, he flat-batted that towards deep cover, was certain it was a boundary but Amla, who was running around to his left dived full length to his left to stop that. They missed an opportunity to pinch two runs
19.2
6
Patel to Dhoni, SIX, that's why he refused the run. This one was into his hitting arc, too full and Dhoni clobbered that over long-on. What swing, what power off the bottom hand
19.2
1w
Patel to Dhoni, 1 wide, was he trying to bowl a bouncer or what? Ball left his hand late as he tried to dart one into middle and leg, Saha stops it like a goalkeeper

Last over blast

23

Runs scored by RPS in the final over is the most chased in the final over of the inns in IPL. Previous best was 21 by 3 teams.

Some wickets finally

6

No. of wickets taken by Ashwin in the first 13 matches in this IPL in 40 overs. He took 4 wickets in 4 overs in this match to complete 100 IPL wickets.

Vijay as captain

4

No. of 50+ scores by Vijay in this IPL as captain - most by a KXIP captain in an IPL season. Gilchrist had 3 such scores in 2011 season.

Toss advantage?

0-5

KXIP's win-loss record when they won the toss in this IPL, before this match. They are the only team not to win any match after winning the toss.