Not once but thrice in IPL, those occasions came when Dhoni could not hit the last ball for a six.

Chennai Super Kings needed 5 runs to win off the last ball of the 17th match of IPL 2023 with MS Dhoni on strike. Crores of fans expected that Dhoni would give victory to CSK by hitting a six on this last ball, but Rajasthan Royals fast bowler Sandeep Sharma dashed Dhoni's hopes of hitting a six by putting a yorker and gave his team a 3-run victory. . However, if you are thinking that this was the first time that Dhoni has failed to get his team a win by hitting the last ball for a six in the IPL, then you are wrong. Even before this, Dhoni had failed to hit a six on the last ball 2 times and his team had to face defeat, so let us tell you about those three occasions where Dhoni could not hit a six on the last ball.

1. Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals (IPL 2023)

The 17th match of IPL 2023 was played between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals where Rajasthan won an important victory by defeating Chennai by 3 runs. In this match, the Chennai team was chasing 176 runs and the matter reached 21 runs in the last over. In the first three balls of Sandeep Sharma's over, Dhoni had scored a total of 14 runs including two sixes and it seemed that he would easily win the match to CSK but Sandeep bowled the next three balls with yorkers and in these three balls only 3 runs came. While CSK needed 5 runs to win on the last ball and Dhoni was on strike but Dhoni could not hit a six and his team had to face defeat.

2. Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (IPL 2019)

In this match too, Dhoni failed to hit the last ball for a six and the result was that CSK had to face defeat at the hands of RCB. Batting first in this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore had scored 161 runs at the loss of 7 wickets and had set a target of 162 runs for victory in front of CSK. CSK lost their early wickets early but Dhoni came in and took the match to the last over where CSK needed 26 runs in the last over. Dhoni had brought the equation to two runs in the last ball by hitting three sixes and a four in the first five balls of Umesh Yadav. However, on the last delivery, he failed to hit the ball and tried to run for a bye but RCB wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel ran out Shardul Thakur with a direct hit and CSK lost the match by just one run.

3. Rising Pune Supergiant Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL 2016)

In 2016, Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) had to chase down 138 against Sunrisers Hyderabad on a Visakhapatnam wicket. It was not an easy task for the Sunrisers batsmen as well as the RPS batsmen. George Bailey scored 34 off 40 balls for Pune, while Ashwin scored 29 off 25 balls. Dhoni came out to bat when he needed 60 runs from 40 balls and at the end of the 16th over the required run rate was 11.5.

Mustafizur Rahman conceded only 13 runs in his last two overs, with Pune needing 14 runs to win off Ashish Nehra's final over. The equation came down to 12 off 3 balls, after which Dhoni hit a six. However, when he tried to take two runs, he was run out on the last ball. Despite captain's 20-ball 30 and Thisara Perera's 13-ball 17, RPS lost by four runs.