WATCH: Sunil Gavaskar gets emotional after receiving autograph from MS Dhoni in IPL 2023
Sunil Gavaskar (left) and Sunil Gavaskar & MS Dhoni (right) (Source: Twitter)
During Sunday’s last league game between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the Chepauk Stadium, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar thanked MS Dhoni for signing his jersey. When Dhoni signed his autograph, the renowned Indian cricketer subsequently explained why he got emotional.
“When I got to know about Chennai Super Kings and MS Dhoni are going to take a lap of honor at Chepauk, I decided to create a special memory. That’s why I ran towards MSD to take his autograph. It was his last home game at Chepauk. Of course, he will get a chance to play here if CSK qualifies for the playoffs. But I decided to make that moment special. I was fortunate enough that someone in the camera unit had a marker pen. So, I am thankful to that person as well,” Gavaskar was quoted as saying in Star Sports.
“So, I went to Mahi and requested him to sign an autograph on the shirt that I was wearing. It was so nice of him to acknowledge it. It was a very emotional moment for me because this fellow has made immense contributions to Indian Cricket. Kapil Dev lifting the 1983 WC Trophy & MS Dhoni hitting that winning six in the 2011 WC final are the two cricketing moments I would love to see before I die,” the 73-year-old asserted.
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Emotional feeling for Sunil Gavaskar after getting the autograph from MS Dhoni. pic.twitter.com/SOMNZF8TSY
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Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana guide KKR to victory over CSK in IPL 2023
If we talk about the encounter, CSK skipper, MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first. The home side while batting first was able to score only 144 runs for the loss of seven wickets after the completion of the first innings. The highest scorer for the side was Shivam Dube, who played an unbeaten knock of 48 runs off 34 balls with three sixes and a four in his innings.
Devon Conway scored crucial 30 runs from 28 balls which included three fours in his innings. For KKR, two wickets each were snapped by Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy in their spell of four overs where they conceded 15 runs and 36 runs respectively.
KKR chased down the target in the 19th over with seven wickets in hand. The highest scorer for the side was Rana, who played an unbeaten knock of 57 runs off 44 balls with six fours and a six. Rinku also scored an important fifty. They both build a 99-run partnership. For CSK, three wickets went to Deepak Chahar and one came through a run-out.
