IPL 2020: Dhoni's massive six lands outside Sharjah stadium; 'lucky' fan walks away with ball; watch

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, September 23

MS Dhoni is back. 

Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit a massive 92m six in the final over of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) against Rajasthan Royals. The ball flew out of the stadium, and reached the streets. 

The fan was spotted on camera picking up the ball, and running away with a smile on his face as a few bystanders watched him. 

"He's one lucky man. Look who has the ball that was hit for a six by MS Dhoni," the official Twitter account of IPL wrote along with the video of the exact moment when the Sharjah resident got lucky.

Dhoni walked in at No. 7 after CSK had lost Kedar Jadhav in the 15th over of the failed chase. Dhoni struggled to get the big sixes when needed as he had made just 9 from his first 12 balls even as Faf du Plessis was hitting it cleanly at the other end.

"I haven't batted for a long time. 14-day quarantine doesn't help. Also wanted to try different things, give opportunities to Sam. Have the opportunity to try different things. If it doesn't work, you can always go back to your strengths," Dhoni said when asked why he did not bat higher-up the order on Tuesday.

A total of 33 sixes were hit the encounter as CSK and RR equalled the record for the most number of sixes hit in an IPL match. 

CSK were involved in the previous occasion as well as their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in IPL 2019 witnessed 33 sixes.

Despite CSK ending up on the losing side, Dhoni's fans welcomed his hat-trick sixes with open arms.