WATCH: Chants of ‘Dhoni Dhoni’ echo at Ahmedabad Metro Station as CSK captain arrives to bat in IPL 2023 opener

Gurpreet Singh | 02/04/2023
WATCH: Chants of 'Dhoni Dhoni' echo at Ahmedabad Metro Station as CSK captain arrives to bat in IPL 2023 opener

It was the fourth delivery of the 18th Over being bowled by Gujarat Titans‘ pacer Alzarri Joseph, when nearly one lakh people sitting inside the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, had erupted in joy upon the fall of Chennai Super Kings‘ star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja‘s wicket.

The much anticipated moment was upon them – the arrival of Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the crease. Surely having entered the twilight of his cricketing career, Dhoni is now like that unaffordable sweet dish at a big fat wedding which has to be consumed, else the feast is considered incomplete.

The spectators roared at the top of their voices as Dhoni made his way towards the pitch, to face the few deliveries left in the CSK innings. The fans’ night was made when he smashed a good length delivery on the stumps bowled by Joshua Little, towards the deep square leg fence for a humongous Six.

With the crowd far from having soaked in the euphoria post the Six, Dhoni smashed the very next delivery for a Four to inject within them some more joules of energy, enough to keep them charged for at least a week.

Chants of ‘Dhoni Dhoni’ echo at Ahmedabad Metro Station

The thousands of fans at the Ahmedabad metro station who couldn’t make their way through to the stadiums, had to watch the event via their mobile phones.

In a video posted by a Twitter user today morning, a certain platform at one of the metro lines echoed with chants of ‘Dhoni Dhoni’ while he was at the crease. The video then cuts inside the train, where fans are glued to their screens and chant Dhoni’s name repeatedly in full intensity.

Dhoni wins hearts, CSK lose the opening match

While Dhoni did provide his fans with some priceless moments yet again, CSK had to face defeat against the Titans in their IPL 2023 opening match.

Handing the target of 179 runs batting first, CSK couldn’t prevent the GT batters from chasing the total down with five wickets in hand, and four balls to spare.

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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