Watch: MS Dhoni smashes stupendous one-handed six off Shardul Thakur in IPL 2025, finishes the match

Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni came out all guns blazing with the bat in the ongoing game against Lucknow Super Giants. The 30th game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 took place at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

MS Dhoni, who walked out to bat at number seven, looked in ominous touch with the bat. The keeper-batter played some magnificent shots in his innings and kept his team in the hunt with his brilliant power-hitting against Lucknow Super Giants.

The highlight of his innings was the one-handed six that he hit against Shardul Thakur in the 17th over. On the last ball, the pacer bowled a slower ball outside off and it was in the slot. The keeper-batter was through the swing too early.

MS Dhoni's bottom hand came off but he still got enough of it to smoke it over the midwicket boundary. With the six the crowd at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow went bonkers.

Watch: MS Dhoni comes up with a brilliant one-hand six

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MS Dhoni played a match-winning innings for the Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni played a match-winning innings for the Chennai Super Kings. The skipper of the team played a magical innings of unbeaten 26 runs of 11 balls. He batted with a strike rate of 236 and also 4 fours and 1 six during his stay at the crease.

Along with him Shivam Dube (43*) also played a vital hand as well. When wickets kept tumbling at the other end, he held up the one end and made sure he stayed there. In the end, he unleashed himself and took Chennai Super Kings to the win by 5 wickets, helping them register their second win of the season.

This means a lot, losing 5 games in a row that is not CSK - Shivam Dube

Shivam Dube talked about the win, saying that it means a lot as they lost 5 games on the trot. He opened up about his thought process, saying that he wanted to stay till the end and take his team home. While elaborating on the same, he explained:

This means a lot, losing 5 games in a row that is not CSK, our bowlers bowled really well and today I had wanted to stay tilll the end and I had this thought that I wanted to finish the game and I felt this is the time to take the game very deep after losing few wickets in the middle.

It's not about the mindset and it is about playing according to situation which is why instead of attacking, I felt taking the game deep was a better option. My plan was very simple which is not try and hit the ball very hard because bowlers were executing very well. Taking positives from this game to next game is very important.

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