‘Mahi Bhai Had Already Predicted About Pant’, Shivam Dubey Reveals Dhoni’s Masterstroke News24 –

Chennai affirmed their victory over Lucknow through their performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) on Monday, which ended their string of losing matches. Toward the end of the match, MS Dhoni struck an unbeaten 26 while facing 11 balls and his 4 boundaries along with 11 smashing sixes, made headlines. During their pursuit of 167 victory points, Dhoni formed a major partnership with Shivam Dubey. According to Dubey, Dhoni orchestrated this triumph by forecasting how Pant would approach his innings during the match. Pant refused to give Ravi Bishnoi the over, although he showed good leg-spin bowling performance at the end of the match. Before the match, Dhoni told Dubey exactly what eventuated during the crucial game when they shared a stand.

Dubey explained in his interview that Dhoni repeatedly warned him that Bishnoi still had one remaining over. My commitment to the match led me to stay until the end after he promised that no bowling would occur from my area when I stayed until the finish. I utilized that opportunity after seeing Dhoni bhai hit the pacers successfully. The knowledge shared by Mahi bhai simplified the entire pursuit of the target for us. The exact outcome Dhoni foresaw came true because Pant did not get the opportunity to face Bishnoi in the last over.

Sanjay Bangar talked about Dhoni’s physical state and his finishing skills on Geo Sports by stating that ‘Dhoni continued to compete despite having low physical fitness.’ Dhoni managed to gather his strength which enabled him to produce a successful performance.