Former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni surprised everyone after he took a one-handed unbelievable catch during an Indian Premier League match between Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi on May 12.
It was happened during 14th over of Delhi Daredevils’ innings when M S Dhoni claimed a stunner while standing behind the stumps to dismiss dangerous batsman Marlon Samules (27 off 21 balls). Marlon Samules during his stay at the crease smashed 1 four and two sixes.
Earlier, Delhi Daredevils skipper Zaheer Khan won the toss and elected to bat against Rising Pune Supergiant in an Indian Premier League match number 52.
Both the sides made one change with Delhi including left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem in place of West Indian all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite while Pune were without the services of leg-spinner Imran Tahir who was replaced by Adam Zampa.
South African Tahir left to join his national side for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, next month.
Meanwhile, Delhi Daredevils could only manage to score 168/8 in their quota of 20 overs. Rising Pune Supergiant need 169 to win this match to keep their play-off hopes alive.
Teams:
Rising Pune Supergiant: Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi, Steven Smith (Captain), Ben Stokes, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (WK), Daniel Christian, Manoj Tiwary, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Adam Zampa.
Delhi Daredevils: Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Marlon Samuels, Corey Anderson, Shahbaz Nadeem, Pat Cummins, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan (Captain).
