Royal Challengers Bangalore put on a thrilling performance in IPL 2024 on Saturday (May 19). RCB qualified for the playoffs after defeating Chennai by 27 runs. In this do-or-die match, Bangalore batted first and scored 218 runs. In such a situation, Chennai needed to score 201 runs to reach the playoffs.

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However, the Bengaluru bowlers restricted the five-time champions to 191 runs. After this resounding victory, a statement of Dinesh Karthik has been well discussed.

In fact, wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik credited Dhoni's sixes for Bengaluru's victory. Dinesh Karthik said that “the best thing that happened today was that MS Dhoni hit the ball out of bounds, then we got the new ball and the bowling got better.”

If you don't understand the meaning of Karthik's statement, then Karthik has spoken the absolute truth. Somewhere Dhoni's towering six proved to be a boon for RCB. In fact, the ground was very wet due to rain and humidity. In such a situation, the ball was also wet due to dew and the ball was slipping from the hands of the bowlers.

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This is why Lockie Ferguson and Yash Dayal couldn't bowl the way they wanted. With Chennai needing 17 off 6 balls to qualify for the playoffs, Dhoni hit Yash Dayal for a six off the very first ball. Yash Dayal was trying to bowl a yorker, but it was a full toss and Dhoni sent him outside the stadium. Bengaluru then got the second ball, which was not wet at all.

So what, Yash Dayal managed to get a good grip on the second ball so he showed his slow bowling magic to dismiss Dhoni and then Shardul conceded just one run in two balls. And in the end, Jadeja hit two consecutive dot balls to take his team to the playoffs.