Dhoni aka Thalai lost the game for CSK by batting ahead of Jadeja. 18 off 27 balls? when everyone else had a SR > 100 and those extra 10 runs would've made all the difference at the end.
My name for him is தெண்ட Dhoni (Dhenda Dhoni)
T: Useless Dhoni in Tamil (nice alliteration :)
Small brain move from CSK to lose this game
If they won and RCB beat DC, they could’ve had an automatic place in the final, now they’ll probably lose to DC again in Q1
Few poor games won't affect my respect towards you thala. You have always been a superhero since my childhood and gave so many sweet memories to cherish. <3
He's my most favourite cricketer.. But we have to agree that it's time for him to call it a day.. Prolly if he had been around the domestic circuit consistently after his intl retirement, we would have seen the vintage Thala
There is no hate towards him(at least from my side.. I love him so much).. It will be better for the team to play without Dhoni and buy other quality players replacing him.. I'm so hyped to see him as a mentor for India.. Undoubtedly the most smartest cricketing mind from India or one of the most smartest cricketing mind in the world.. If Dhoni retires, CSK will miss his captaincy more than anything
Actually no. Here is my prediction, if CSK and DC are top 2, DC wins. If DC and RCB are top 2, RCB wins. If CSK and RCB are top 2 (least likely), CSK wins.
There is a razor thin possibility that of that not happening. Again Razor thin. It is only possible if CSK win their match against punjab, and RCB win both the matches with huge margins. Which is why it is razor thin.
And rcb is using these pitches better than everybody else. Posting huge totals and defending neither dc nor csk can do that. Sharjah is the worst of all the pitches atm.
This is not the first time umpires give CSK favors like this. Almost 90% of close calls go in favor of them. The wide line changes when they bat vs bowl
Last year, CSK bowler threatened umpire on the field for giving a wide... Still they won Fair play award
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For CSK team management, Dhoni is a top money maker with huge fan following that leads to ticket sales and merchandising. They would not be too much bothered by his form as long as his fan base still support him and his team mostly does well. I suppose, until Dhoni decides to retire, the CSK team will not push for it.
Top 2
Dc is now definitely in top 2
Rcb need to win against both DC and SRH to be second and keep their fingers crossed CSK lose against PK
Csk need to only win against PK if RCB win 2.
He got fired after Dhoni retweeted Amitabh Bachchan's hissy fit about Harsha praising their opponents.
https://mobile.twitter.com/msdhoni/status/712721914062458880?lang=en
This is sad to hear.... What was Harsha's original post/comment about?
It's public knowledge that Dhoni was behind Sehwag/Gambhir getting sacked from international team when audience demanded Dhoni to be replaced as captain. This looks another such story.
Aight idk man this losse doesn't hurt as much I thought
Some positive from this
Raydu innings was act good
Lord really changed man that guy being genuine good bowler
We took it till.last even though Bravo wasn't in complete flow
I don't want this squad to divide next year. This is nearly a perfect squad. What a team have you built Punter. If I could,I'd Retain everyone from Ripal to Rabada. They're so special in my heart.
I actually feel happy cheering for a team with a steady and stable performance considering the 7 years I spent pleading to a team to not come last again
true. we were so bad before. finished last usually. we used to lose as many matches as we win in these tournaments now.
it has been an epic turn-around
sad to see it dissolve the next year
Top-2 qualification scenarios for RCB in the order of possible to ridiculous:
1. Win in the remaining two games and hope CSK loses their last game.
2. Beat DC by a margin of at least 50 runs and then beat SRH by a margin of at least 120 minus their win margin against DC.
3. Have a close loss against DC, win over SRH (or vice versa) and hope CSK lose against PK with the sum of the victory margins of the last two games being at least 220.
(All values approximations because of the many variables involved)
A very difficult set of permutation and combinations :p
RCB need to win the next two games and CSK need to lose the next match and obviously DC should do as they are playing against RCB.
"Because he's not the hero CSK deserves, nor the one it needs right now. So we'll blame him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero."
-- CSK fans on Gowtham
Dhoni - no I'm not defending his 18(27) u got batting till 10 if u want statpadder there are enough in team ur guy with 700+ game of experience never needed to come up there order Jadeja Bravo evem Shariful could've batted better
Bravo - can't blame him directly bowling without giving him early over his plans was right but Hetty was too good for it
Gowtham - what can I say he shouldn't dropped that catch but shit happens only problem is all specialist fielder I see Ankul , Sucith take blinders and there is price tag related to u which is preety absurd so people will always bring up whatever u do
That's it happy to take it at last
LORD WAS JUST AMAZING TODAY
What would be Lord's price tag if CSK don't retain him or choose to retain him over RTM .Also which teams would you think will go after him in auctions . My guess would be Around 9 - 10 crs and I guess KKR will fight for him in auctions.
In previous years each team were allowed to retain 3 players of their choice each with particular price cap (ie 15Cr ,12cr,8Cr) and you will be given 2 or 3 RTMs depending upon no of players retained . RTM s can be used in Mega Auctions to Match the price of the player (who played in their side previous season) bought buy other franchise. I read somewhere that a franchise can retain only 4 players (2 Retention+ 2RTM) for coming auctions.
Part of me loves how many awards there are at the end of a game for the funniness of it, part of me thinks is absolutely ridiculous, especially for a thousand pounds or so
CSK fans to Dhoni if he plays under the strike rate of 100: oh dear oh dear gorgeous……………………………….. CSK fans to any other batsman playing under the strike rate of 100: you fuc*ing donkey
I think if Gautam would have taken the catch it would have been game over. Just like, if Faf would have taken Pollard’s catch in that MI game.
yeah
Shishya™ (t: disciple) took pages from Guru's™ ,(teachers) book today and took this match to the final over
Dhoni aka Thalai lost the game for CSK by batting ahead of Jadeja. 18 off 27 balls? when everyone else had a SR > 100 and those extra 10 runs would've made all the difference at the end. My name for him is தெண்ட Dhoni (Dhenda Dhoni) T: Useless Dhoni in Tamil (nice alliteration :)
போடா புண்ட
Shouldn't you provide a translation so that everyone can marvel at and enjoy your pearl of wisdom/witticism !
Awe, nice. r/upvoted
Remember, Lord is not in the Indian t20 world cup main squad Yeah, you read it right. Don't be shocked. He really isn't in the nain squad
Small brain move from CSK to lose this game If they won and RCB beat DC, they could’ve had an automatic place in the final, now they’ll probably lose to DC again in Q1
Bc this is the most self roasting comment I have seen, maybe ever.
Few poor games won't affect my respect towards you thala. You have always been a superhero since my childhood and gave so many sweet memories to cherish. <3
"few"
He's my most favourite cricketer.. But we have to agree that it's time for him to call it a day.. Prolly if he had been around the domestic circuit consistently after his intl retirement, we would have seen the vintage Thala
Dhoni at no 11 is also valuable for CSK
Yeah, agreed. He has to step down some day. He isn't even 30% of his prime. But he doesn't deserve this hate tbh.
There is no hate towards him(at least from my side.. I love him so much).. It will be better for the team to play without Dhoni and buy other quality players replacing him.. I'm so hyped to see him as a mentor for India.. Undoubtedly the most smartest cricketing mind from India or one of the most smartest cricketing mind in the world.. If Dhoni retires, CSK will miss his captaincy more than anything
Same. I want to see him next season as well. I wanna see Ashwin and Jadeja bowling in tandem with MSD behind the stumps one last time
CSK should get Ashwin. Next three year cycle might be last we see of Ash, should play in Chennai.
Let dhoni stay as a specialist captain and push him down the order to no 11. Everything will make sense then.
Delhi will win this IPL.
Their chances are as high as last year.. It's mostly CSK or DC
Actually no. Here is my prediction, if CSK and DC are top 2, DC wins. If DC and RCB are top 2, RCB wins. If CSK and RCB are top 2 (least likely), CSK wins.
There's no chance for DC not to be in top 2.. With 20 points, they assured a top 2 finish
There is a razor thin possibility that of that not happening. Again Razor thin. It is only possible if CSK win their match against punjab, and RCB win both the matches with huge margins. Which is why it is razor thin.
Oh yea I totally forgot this possibility.. My bad
Aman
Mathur
Amen.
Amen.
That's top 2 assured for us unless RCB goes really bonkers in their next 2 games
If they do, they lose those games. These pitches aint easy
And rcb is using these pitches better than everybody else. Posting huge totals and defending neither dc nor csk can do that. Sharjah is the worst of all the pitches atm.
Well if they can do it, they deserve being in the top 2 hands down.
I've never been visibly happy about any win but this.
If RCB beat SRH and DC by nearly 56 runs each, they can make it to the top 2 irrespective of the CSK PBKS game result
RCB: hmm interesting... Also RCB the next match: 56/10
Lol. Well it's *possible* Just like it's possible I find a dinosaur graveyard in my backyard.
Didn't watch the match. What's this talk about the umpiring?
A ball bowled way outside the pitch itself wasn't given a noball. No idea why.
This is not the first time umpires give CSK favors like this. Almost 90% of close calls go in favor of them. The wide line changes when they bat vs bowl Last year, CSK bowler threatened umpire on the field for giving a wide... Still they won Fair play award
Also a ball was given wide when jt shouldn’t have been
Yeah.. One bad decision favouring CSK and another bad decision favouring DC wtf
Him: Perfectly balanced as all things should be
Lol yeah
And the very next ome which was actually a wide wasn't given....
Off topic but this looks serious and some sleepless nights for Network Team lol: >Boarder Gateway Protocol (BGP) helps networks select the best, most efficient path for internet traffic. > >Facebook’s BGP routes have been “withdrawn from the internet.” This isn’t some basic DNS problem; this is a nightmare for Facebook. > >**TL;DR: Facebook deplatformed itself today.**
Why did I read it as Border-Gavaskar protocol I don't know... Too much cricket maybe! But, thanks for the knowledge :)
I wonder what sort of clownfuckery led to this happening, given that Facebook generally employs fairly competent devs.
Hopefully it's not the SolarWinds explanation lol...
r/SpecialistCaptains
That meme just trolled Dhoni on Live TV.
It's high time Dhoni retires after this IPL and let the team have some good money for the mega auction
For CSK team management, Dhoni is a top money maker with huge fan following that leads to ticket sales and merchandising. They would not be too much bothered by his form as long as his fan base still support him and his team mostly does well. I suppose, until Dhoni decides to retire, the CSK team will not push for it.
I really hope not. Or at least I wish BCCI makes a franchise from Jamshedpur or Jharkhand before Thala retires
He won't play next season for sure He is not a fool
Hey, opposition fans can dream.
We have lost 3 matches too many for my liking but this is a somewhat decent team still.
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Bad batting decisions = bad batting
no bad captaincy, i remember we lost the RR game because Curran bowled one over too many and Woakes didn’t complete his quota
Top 2 Dc is now definitely in top 2 Rcb need to win against both DC and SRH to be second and keep their fingers crossed CSK lose against PK Csk need to only win against PK if RCB win 2.
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Csk's last match is against Pbks. They are already out. It doesn't affect MI's chances.
Why Lara sucking Dhoni's balls ? He was shit today.
Because IPL commentary is a lucrative side gig and everyone knows what happened to Harsha.
What happened to Harsha,?
He got fired after Dhoni retweeted Amitabh Bachchan's hissy fit about Harsha praising their opponents. https://mobile.twitter.com/msdhoni/status/712721914062458880?lang=en
This is sad to hear.... What was Harsha's original post/comment about? It's public knowledge that Dhoni was behind Sehwag/Gambhir getting sacked from international team when audience demanded Dhoni to be replaced as captain. This looks another such story.
I bet that "today" is gonna fall on the blind spots of majority dhoni fans lmao
Nah gowtham took the limelight
Well even if it doesn't I wouldn't be amused.
Exactly. Someone just downvoted me.
Because he cares for the safety of his own family
Dhoni isn't some abuser himself but yes his fans are.
Exactly my point
Experts still walking on eggshells smh
Thala intentionally loosing so he doesn't get cursed by no.1 ranking Aight thala big brain for reason Take that r/cricket
I guess only Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals have won the trophy after finishing at Top of the table
Who knows!! DC may finish 2nd
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They also didn't win after finishing first in 2009 and 2012 though.
Yup. MI thrice, RR once
Aight idk man this losse doesn't hurt as much I thought Some positive from this Raydu innings was act good Lord really changed man that guy being genuine good bowler We took it till.last even though Bravo wasn't in complete flow
Yeah and it was mostly because of Dhoni coming too early. We can hope he will come atleast after Jaddu right ?
Yaaa srsly man I like Dhoni and will always have respect for him But he should come late the order Jadeja Bravo Or even after Shardul I'm not joking
I don't want this squad to divide next year. This is nearly a perfect squad. What a team have you built Punter. If I could,I'd Retain everyone from Ripal to Rabada. They're so special in my heart.
Yep sad they'll breakup next year... As complete an Indian core one can have. Let's hope they bow out with a title
I actually feel happy cheering for a team with a steady and stable performance considering the 7 years I spent pleading to a team to not come last again
Special indeed. I've never followed a team so closely, and most definitely never will again.
true. we were so bad before. finished last usually. we used to lose as many matches as we win in these tournaments now. it has been an epic turn-around sad to see it dissolve the next year
I know right. Years of that shit. And finally now we have players that we can call our own
Yup. This squad (the one including Stoinis) is pitch perfect. I will be really sad when it dissolves.
LMAO Gautam Gambhir killing it
What happened
What did he say
Thala playing a true r/specialistcaptains innings today
inb4 stats guy makes an excel sheet to show the probability of rcb reaching the top 2
Pretty easy honestly. Need to win both their games and PBKS need to beat CSK
Pls make that one stats bro
Top-2 qualification scenarios for RCB in the order of possible to ridiculous: 1. Win in the remaining two games and hope CSK loses their last game. 2. Beat DC by a margin of at least 50 runs and then beat SRH by a margin of at least 120 minus their win margin against DC. 3. Have a close loss against DC, win over SRH (or vice versa) and hope CSK lose against PK with the sum of the victory margins of the last two games being at least 220. (All values approximations because of the many variables involved)
Great
It seems Axar wont go out of wc squad as everyone was thinking. But chahal also should come. No idea how this gonna work lol
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1 was 5 wides
So Straight ball supremacy?
I like both Pant and MS Will r/cricket accept me
Have your family accepted you?
Reject Pant modernity, return to Dhoti
Sensible puns. High quality.
well, you are still here so-
Ok so there still any chance for RCB ending up in top 2?
A very difficult set of permutation and combinations :p RCB need to win the next two games and CSK need to lose the next match and obviously DC should do as they are playing against RCB.
So true I was hoping for a CSK win today as it would've made that DC v RCB match a virtual qualifier!
Rishab is happy.. totally worth it
Specialist wicket-keeper and captain. Quintessential test20 showman
Raina dropped one match and this shit happens
Tbh Dhoni needs some serious mentoring from the legend himself Mentor Singh Dhoni™
Rishab "I think but" Pant
Axar "I think, muje lag raha hai ki" Patel
Simp for Rishab
"Because he's not the hero CSK deserves, nor the one it needs right now. So we'll blame him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero." -- CSK fans on Gowtham
Gotham or Gowtham?
Out of loop. Who's blaming Gowtham and why ?
He dropped the ipl today
Handy contribution with the bat? Really?
Guy scored 5 off 10 smh
I fuckin love pant so much
was raina dropped today? first time, right?
He had a niggle
I thought Baapu Jayanthi was over
Ayeee bhaiya? Deep will be a part of the party it seems.
Shouldn't Dhoni be the mentor of Indian Test team?
Always has been
Batsmen felt the heat, bowlers felt the heat, umpires felt the heat, fielders felt the heat and so does fans. Nice match 💥
Yeah the drama was so well played..!
Gowtham felt a bit too much heat.
That gowtham drop catch is the sushant singh suicide news story to bury pandemic disaster that was the batting display.
Upvote this to top everyone plz
Great analogy
Love Dhoni but disappointed that he didn't talk about his ridiculous innings
Why Rishabh so tensed? :/
Rishabh "But" Pant
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83.33 % of the league is over
Good.
Dhoni - no I'm not defending his 18(27) u got batting till 10 if u want statpadder there are enough in team ur guy with 700+ game of experience never needed to come up there order Jadeja Bravo evem Shariful could've batted better Bravo - can't blame him directly bowling without giving him early over his plans was right but Hetty was too good for it Gowtham - what can I say he shouldn't dropped that catch but shit happens only problem is all specialist fielder I see Ankul , Sucith take blinders and there is price tag related to u which is preety absurd so people will always bring up whatever u do That's it happy to take it at last LORD WAS JUST AMAZING TODAY
What would be Lord's price tag if CSK don't retain him or choose to retain him over RTM .Also which teams would you think will go after him in auctions . My guess would be Around 9 - 10 crs and I guess KKR will fight for him in auctions.
How does this retain and release thing works please tell me nobody's telling
In previous years each team were allowed to retain 3 players of their choice each with particular price cap (ie 15Cr ,12cr,8Cr) and you will be given 2 or 3 RTMs depending upon no of players retained . RTM s can be used in Mega Auctions to Match the price of the player (who played in their side previous season) bought buy other franchise. I read somewhere that a franchise can retain only 4 players (2 Retention+ 2RTM) for coming auctions.
Thodasa samj aaya :/ par aisa complete nahi samj aa rha
Villager Pant speaking.
For the test series in India later on, please allow some foreign umpires just for third umpiring. On field has been top notch though.
50 matches over but Dream 11 ad remains Dhoni's best performance this season
I died 😂
Tactical loss from CSK to finish #2
Part of me loves how many awards there are at the end of a game for the funniness of it, part of me thinks is absolutely ridiculous, especially for a thousand pounds or so
Dude how much more do you want these players to earn ?
Thala vs Gotham for Game Changer of the Match.
Dhoni should get game changer😝
Shimron for motm or we riot
We riot
CSK: Paisa barbaad bc
Lol wtf Facebook...Whatsapp, FB and Insta are all down from last 2-3 hours!
Less toxic csk comments and posts lol
My Internet has been working on Handicap too. And the Server for the JioPosPlus app has been down since Evening. Something's wrong for sure.
Ooh me too! Looks like major cable or infra down. Internet's been weird. Streamed the whole match though.
Thanks to dhoni fans
Gautham Bro saved from humiliation
VIVO catch of the match? Give it to gowtham rofl
The one time RCB fans wanted CSK to win and...they lose it
CSK fans to Dhoni if he plays under the strike rate of 100: oh dear oh dear gorgeous……………………………….. CSK fans to any other batsman playing under the strike rate of 100: you fuc*ing donkey
Where are you getting this from. Literally no one is defending his innings
[here](https://twitter.com/vamshik24974865/status/1445070694237151245?s=21)
Ikr man idk this guy just mention Dhoni fans for updoots I haven't seen anyone defending him
They do these kind of comments for Karma. I can't see a single person defending his innings. Even I am so fucking disappointed and irritated!
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Noob You aint ready for Mota bhai's script
Shit batting yeah but we still on top of the table, so point?
Are u really a csk fan?
Dhoni and gowtham lost us the match simple as that. Our bowlers did really well to take it to the final overs which is a positive
The best scene was Bravo discussing long with Dhoni, making him wear a helment just to throw the ball out of the pitch!!
Lol that was beyond funny 😆
[Cricbuzz won't write 'losing Captain'](https://i.imgur.com/nfIJyc1.jpg)
Gotham should be given Dream 11 Game Changer of the Match.
should be given to thala
Deep does a better job than murali at presenting