Watch: MS Dhoni goes "WOW" after Moeen Ali takes a brilliant reflex catch to send back Karan Sharma
CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl first against LSG.
MS Dhoni was impressed with England all-rounder Moeen Ali’s reflexes as he took a brilliant return catch to send back Karan Sharma to the hut as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) clashed on May 3 in their IPL 2023 encounter at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
Chennai Super Kings are at the no.4 spot and LSG are no.3 despite losing their last game to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 18 runs.
Not only did they lose the game, but they also lost their captain KL Rahul, who suffered a hip injury and is currently being assessed by the BCCI medical staff.
After being selected LSG's captain for the remainder of the 2023 IPL, Krunal Pandya arrived to toss alongside Dhoni.
After winning the toss, MS Dhoni decided to bowl first, taking into account the cloudy weather. He also disclosed that Deepak Chahar was healthy and was in the starting XI. Krunal Pandya, on the other hand, disclosed that LSG had also made some adjustments, with Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, and Mohsin Khan joining the team.
Moeen Ali Sends Back Karan Sharma With An Amazing Return Catch; MS Dhoni Reacts
Manan Vohra and Kyle Mayers were the first two wickets to fall for 10 and 14 runs respectively and then Krunal Pandya made a golden duck on his IPL captaincy debut for Lucknow Super Giants.
Though much was expected from Marcus Stoinis as well, he only managed 6 runs as Ravindra Jadeja bamboozled him with a brilliant delivery and clean-bowled him.
Then Karan Sharma, who was making his first appearance in the IPL this year, had made 9 runs in 16 balls and in a bid to up the run rate, tried to hit a big one against Moeen Ali. Ali had floated one outside the off-stump and Karan stepped out to hoick it over the bowler's head but only managed to hit straight back at Moeen.
Moeen showed great reflexes and took an excellent catch, which even MS Dhoni admired a lot.
Watch the video here:
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