Hardik Pandya said that he does not mind losing to MS Dhoni (PC:iplt20)
New Delhi.MS Dhoni made Chennai the IPL champion for the 5th time. In the final, Chennai Super Kings defeated Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans. Despite giving a big target, Pandya’s team lost the final. After the defeat, the Gujarat captain said that he is very happy with Dhoni’s victory. This is what luck had written for Dhoni. Pandya said that he does not mind losing to Dhoni. Good things happen to good people.
The Gujarat captain said that he played from the heart. His team has been such that it stands together. No one backs down. He said that they are all together in victory, they are all together in defeat. On the defeat of the final, he said that he is not one of those people who make excuses. Pandya praised Sai Sudarshan. He said that Sudarshan is going to do wonders in his life. Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan all gave their best. The coaching staff also gave their best.
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Gujarat had given a big target
The captain said that he would not ask anything more from him. Talking about the final, while batting first, Gujarat had put 214 runs on the scoreboard for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Sai Sudarshan played the biggest inning of 96 runs in 47 balls. Apart from him, Wriddhiman Saha scored 54 runs. Opener Shubman Gill scored 39 runs in 20 balls. At the same time, Pandya remained unbeaten after hitting 21 runs in 12 balls. Gujarat had given a big target of 215 runs to Chennai, but then 5 overs were reduced due to rain.
historical story of victory
After reducing the overs, Chennai was given a target of 171 runs in 15 overs. Which was achieved by Dhoni’s team on the last ball of Ravindra Jadeja’s four. At one point, Pandya was seen lifting the trophy for the second time in a row. On the last 2 balls, Chennai needed 10 runs to win. One dot ball and game over for Chennai. Mohit had made complete preparations for such bowling, but Jadeja, standing on strike, hit a six and then a four to write the story of Chennai’s historic victory.
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