Incredible Dhoni’s 32-ball 64 clinches the thriller

Indian Premier League, 53rd match: Rising Pune Supergiants v Kings XI Punjab at Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, May 21, 2016.

Kings XI Punjab 172/7 (20/20 overs )  Murali Vijay 59 off 41, 4 fours, 3 sixes, Gurkeerat Singh 51 off 30, 3 fours, 3 sixes, R Ashwin 34-4, AB Dinda 16-1, NLTC Perera 24-1, A Zampa 32-1

Rising Pune Supergiants 173/6 (20.0/20 overs) A.M. Rahane 19 off 15, 4 fours, UT Khawaja 30 off 29, 1 four, 1 six, SS Tiwary 17 off 15, 1 four, 1 six,  MS Dhoni 64  not out off 32, 4 fours, 5 sixes, Thisara Perera 23 off 14, 2 fours, 1 six, AR Patel 37-1, R Dhawan 21-1, Gurkeerat Singh 15-2, Sandeep Sharma 43-1, Mohit Sharma 39-1.

Rising Pune Supergiants won by 4 wickets in the last ball.

R Ashwin took 6 wickets in the first 13 matches in this IPL in 40 overs, and he took 4 wickets in 4 overs in this match to complete 100 IPL wickets. Murali Vijay 59 off 41 with 4 fours and 3 sixes and Gurkeerat Singh 51 off 30, 3 fours and 3 sixes enabled Kings XI Punjab to post 172/7.  The chase went to the wire and it could have all gone wrong but as MS Dhoni’s 32-ball 64 not out  produced 3 sixes and four in style in the final over to win the match by 4 wickets. Dhoni held his nerve and kept his composure, in the end, to win the match, by striking 23 runs required in the last over.