M.S. Dhoni barely runs himself out. All the more reason to believe that he had made his ground, but the inch here and there forced third umpire Nigel Llong to declare him out for being on the line. Chasing 150 and the fourth IPL title against Mumbai Indians in the IPL final in Hyderabad on Sunday, Dhoni walked into bat with CSK needing 77 off 57 balls. He didn’t score off the first six balls — three off Jasprit Bumrah and three of leg-spinner Rahul Chahar. MI vs CSK, highlights and scorecard Dhoni got off the mark with a cautious single off the seventh ball. READ| IPL 2019 final: Dhoni masterclass brings best out of Chahar The run out was a result of poor judgement. It was Shane Watson who got his glove in an attempted pull, it reached Lasith Malinga who attacked the stumps at the bowler’s end with no cover. The overthrow had only gone till the mid-off region but Dhoni took a chance against fielder Ishan Kishan, who hit the bulls eye. Llong took a while to reach a decision. One angle showed Dhoni was on the line, but the other angles captured the bottom of the bat slightly inside the crease.<doc-sep>Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday became the most successful wicket-keeper in the history of IPL by taking his dismissals tally to 132, surpassing his India teammate Dinesh Karthik. Dhoni, who took two catches in the IPL final against Mumbai Indians, has now taken 94 catches and effected 38 stumpings. Karthik has 131 dismissals to his credit while Robin Uthappa has 90 scalps behind the stumps. Dhoni reached the milestone with a diving catch off Deepak Chahar to dismiss his opposite number Rohit Sharma. Before that he took a dolly off Shardul Thakur’s bowling to remove Quinton de Kock. Chennai Super Kings dished out a disciplined bowling performance under pressure to restrict Mumbai Indians to 149 for eight in the IPL final in Hyderabad. After opting to bat, Mumbai ended up with a below-par total despite Kieron Pollard’s unbeaten 25-ball 41. ALSO READ: IPL 2019 Final, MI vs CSK: Shardul Thakur takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Krunal Pandya – Watch Deepak Chahar (3/26) was impressive once again and so was fellow pacer Shardul Thakur (2/37). The spinners, Harbhajan Singh (0/27) and Imran Tahir (2/23), too played a crucial role in limiting Mumbai Indians. The Rohit Sharma-led side was dealing in sixes early on in their innings with the in-form de Kock collecting three sixes out of the four hit in the first three overs. ALSO READ: IPL 2019 Final: Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni is now the most successful keeper in IPL history After a frugal first over, Chahar went for 20 runs in the following one with the South African wicket-keeper batsman going for his strokes on a true surface. Thakur was not spared either as de Kock clobbered him over deep-midwicket for his fourth six before top-edging a short one to Dhoni in the same over. All of a sudden, a promising start got converted into a wobbly one with Rohit getting caught behind off Chahar three balls later, leaving Mumbai at 45 for two in the sixth over. Thereafter, the Mumbai Indians kept losing wickets at regular intervals.<doc-sep>It came down to the final ball, Lasith Malinga held his nerve, he had nine runs to defend, he conceded seven and Mumbai Indians scraped home by 1 run and this one run was enough to hand them their fourth IPL title. Rohit Sharma became the most successful captain in the history of the league and for MS Dhoni, it was a matter of being very close, but not over the line. The skipper said after the match that it was game where the bowlers stood up and delivered and that although it was not the perfect season for his side, on the day when it mattered the most, the team which made the least mistakes won. ALSO READ: Out or Not out - MS Dhoni run out drama costs CSK title - Watch “As a team we had a good season. But we need to go back and reflect on how we reached the finals. It’s not one of those years where we played really great cricket to reach here. The middle order wasn’t great, and today it was very funny as to how both teams were only passing on the trophy from one team to the other. Both teams made a lot of mistakes, the team that made one lesser mistake won. I think the bowlers did really well for us, even today it was definitely more than a 150 wicket,” Dhoni said. He also said that the focus will now shift to the World Cup and only after that, can they sit and decide to plug the gaps which were very evident this season. And as a parting word, the CSK skipper also said that hopefully, he will be back next season as well. ALSO READ: Twitter erupts after MI clinch thriller to win fourth title “We have to go to our drawing board, and there is no real time for that now. We need to go into the World Cup and after that we need to see the gaps that we can fill. Nothing against the bowlers, it’s the batsmen who need to step up. [Will he be there in the next season?] Hopefully ye,” he further added. Chasing a target of 150, CSK were cruising along courtesy a brilliant innings by Shane Watson, but then Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga combined brilliantly in the final two overs as Mumbai clinched their fourth IPL title. SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow="encrypted-media" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;"><doc-sep>
MS Dhoni has lost 5 out of 8 IPL finals as captain and player ( Courtesy by BCCI ) MS Dhoni rued a few costly mistakes after Chennai Super Kings failed to defend their IPL title and Mumbai Indians won a last-ball thriller to become the first team to win the Indian Premier League 4 times. Shane Watson's 80 in the IPL 2019 final went in vain after Lasith Malinga bowled a sensational final over in Hyderabad on Sunday. Chennai Super Kings were the table toppers for most of the season before they finished 2nd at the end of the league stage. CSK lost the first qualifier to MI before defeating Delhi Capitals in the Eliminator to make it to their 8th final in 10 IPL seasons. On Sunday, the Super Kings bowlers did brilliantly to restrict a power-packed Mumbai Indians batting line-up to 149 off their 20 overs. Shane Watson then led the charge for CSK but he did not get enough support from the others. MS Dhoni said it was a funny kind of a final with both teams seemingly passing the IPL trophy to each other. Mumbai Indians lost their way after a quick start before Kieron Pollard hauled them to a decent total. Chennai Super Kings then got off to a rapid start before they lost Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni in succession. Shane Watson played a heroic knock but his run-out in a tense final over meant MI had the upper hand. MS Dhoni spoke to the host broadcaster in the post-match presentation ceremony and said MI won because they made one mistake less. "It was quite a funny game, we were passing the trophy to each other. Both committed mistakes, and eventually the winning team was the one that committed one mistake less," Dhoni said. "Our bowlers did really well. It was not a 150 wicket, but the bowlers kept us in the hunt. They kept getting wickets when it was really needed. Batting, someone kept chipping in and we kept winning," he said. MS Dhoni said the focus would now be on the World Cup before he shifts his attention to what went wrong for CSK in the final. This season, the Super Kings depended heavily on MS Dhoni with the bat before Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson found form in the later phase of thr tournament. CSK were also affected with the poor form of Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu and Kedar Jadhav with the bat. MS Dhoni said CSK did not play very good cricket in the 2019 IPL but it was still a good season for his team. "As a team we had a good season. But we need to go back and reflect. Wasn't one of those years where we played very good cricket. Middle order never clicked, but somehow we managed," he said.