How CSK’s MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja combined to outfox Gujarat Titans’ Shubman Gill

After getting a couple of early reprieves, Gujarat Titans lost their talismanic opener Shubman Gill early in the final of the Indian Premier League on Monday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, thanks to some magic from Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja.
Shubman, who took the Orange Cap for the highest run-scorer of the season in Qualifier 2 last week, was looking in fine form in the final, having scored 39 off 19 balls. This included three consecutive boundaries off a Tushar Deshpande over.
But in the last ball of the seventh over, Jadeja bowled a flatter and fuller delivery at Gill which enticed him forward. But the turn beat his edge and sneaked into the hands of Dhoni, who wasted no time in whipping off the bails. It was the 300th T20 dismissal for Dhoni in what is his 250th IPL game.
As soon as he made the stumping, the umpire went upstairs. Jadeja was unsure, asking Dhoni if that was out. Dhoni nodded.
The wicket of Gill was important for the CSK as he has scored 890 runs this season, with three centuries and four half centuries at an average of 59.33.