MS Dhoni pulls off freakish run-out to dismiss Abdul Samad in LSG vs CSK clash

Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni had a great time with the gloves behind the stumps in the ongoing game against Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The match between the two teams is underway at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

MS Dhoni, as always, was lightning quick behind the stumps as he came up with brilliant glove work against the Lucknow Super Giants. The keeper-batter took some brilliant takes behind the stumps and also came up with two brilliant dismissals to put his team at the top.

After a quick stumping of Ayush Badoni, MS Dhoni produced a brilliant run out to remove Lucknow Super Giants hitter Abdul Samad, who was looking good in touch. It was during the second ball of the last over when Matheesha Pathirana was bowling to Abdul Samad.

Matheesha Pathirana bowled a leg-side wide, and Rishabh Pant, who was at the non-striker’s end, called his partner through for a quick single. Samad was a bit late to react and was found inches short of his crease. MS Dhoni then oozed his class behind the stumps to send the batter packing.

MS Dhoni was smart enough to target the non-striker’s end there. He saw that Pant was almost halfway there and gently tossed the ball with an underarm throw to the bowler’s end and ended up hitting the bullseye.

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