Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings on the last ball to clinch their fourth IPL title in a closely contested final on Sunday. After winning the toss, Mumbai went through a slow start and lost wickets on a regular interval. They slumped to a score of 149 and set up CSK to chase.
Chennai who got off to a flyer were then pegged back by a brilliant bowling attack of the Indians, who made a strong comeback into the match. In the last over, Lasith Malinga won his side the match with two runs needed off the last ball, but Shardul Thakur was LBW on the last ball. The match had its fair share of ups and downs, crucial calls that could have gone either way.
Mi win the IPL final by champion style…#mivscsk pic.twitter.com/zVHTrnh987
— sonu rai (@skraisonu) May 12, 2019
One such call was when MS Dhoni’s run out. The CSK skipper was on the receiving end of a controversial runout decision, which saw a big debate arise on social media. As usual, fans are divided on the incident, which has lit up twitter since the controversy occurred. When the third umpire gave the decision in Mumbai’s favor, CSK fans criticized the decision claiming that DHoni’s bat had reached the line.
Taking a look back at the call, Dhoni’s bat reached on the line, but the line belongs to the umpire as per the rules. On review, one angle revealed that Dhoni might just have made it, but on another look from a different angle, he looked an inch short.
As usual, the incident sparked a widespread debate on microblogging social media website Twitter, where various people discussed various opinions about the call. Take a look at some of the best tweets here:
WICKET! Massive, massive moment! Wow! MS Dhoni is run-out by Ishan Kishan! One angle shows Dhoni inside the crease, the other one shows his bat was out when the bail dislodged.#CSK: 82/4 (12.4)#MI: 149/8 (20)
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— The Field (@thefield_in) May 12, 2019
MS Dhoni — RUN-OUT
** A million replays
** And the front-on angle shows the bat JUST (maybe?!) outside the crease as he tries to steal a second run off an overthrow
** Dhoni in fact was walking back on seeing the replay#CSK : 82/4 (13) | Need 68 in 42 balls #IPL2019 #MIvCSK— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 12, 2019
OUT! Dhoni gone for 2. Ishan Kishan brings Mumbai Indians right back in #IPL2019Final. Dhoni gets run out after he tries to steal a single off an overthrow.#CSKvMI
CSK: 85/4 in 14 overs.
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— The Quint (@TheQuint) May 12, 2019
#CSK: It is hard to get MS Dhoni run out!#MI: Not today!
Has the game shifted in MI's favour?
Keep watching #MIvCSK LIVE: https://t.co/8mt7h4J8x7#VIVOIPLFinal #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/BHPQz7n0af— Hotstar (@hotstartweets) May 12, 2019
Happy to see his back ☺#OneFamily #CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #IPL2019Final #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/x7PLSuGsvo
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 12, 2019
Third umpire deciding Dhoni's wicket in the final of IPL. #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/uCkfXp9gZd
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 12, 2019
Can you believe it? Rarest of rare: MS Dhoni run-out, that too in an IPL final. Wowza. This game never fails to surprise. The final is ONNNN! #IPL2019 #MIvCSK
— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx) May 12, 2019
Dhoni had to be given out after the second angle was shown. Opinions divided of course.
— Rehan Ulhaq (@Rehan_ulhaq) May 12, 2019
I don’t think it was possible to give him n.o after they showed the second angle, even Dhoni started to walk. Still not sure if it was out or not but once that angle was shown, I don’t think the umpire had the courage to give any other decision.
— Rehan Ulhaq (@Rehan_ulhaq) May 12, 2019
Either way, the decision tilted the game in Mumbai’s favor from then onwards and they would on to clinch the title soon after.
