Watch: MS Dhoni disposes Irfan Pathan off for 16 runs in an over IPL

Watch: MS Dhoni dispose Irfan Pathan off for 16 runs in an over IPL: Mahendra Singh Dhoni the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper, though has changed his overall batting approach from being hyper aggressive when he started to a composed and focused power hitter, now that he has matured and plays the role of a finisher for the Indian team. But even this new Dhoni plays a tad more gratuitous while playing franchise cricket in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and here is one of his most explosive knocks Watch: MS Dhoni dispose Irfan Pathan off for 16 runs in an over IPL

This was an important game and CSK needed to win it in order to make it to the knockouts of the IPL 2010. The skipper was at the crease and his team was waiting in the dugout with ultimate hopes on Dhoni. Everyone who has seen him play knows MSD backs himself to hit big runs and huge sixes in the end, as he feels not him but the bowler is under additional pressure under such circumstances.

Kings XI Punjab chose the all-rounder Irfan Pathan to do the job for the team, he had 6 balls to bowl and 15 runs to defend (the 16th would have won CSK the game). We all knew Dhoni was going to use his bottom hand and the long handle. The first ball of the over was a widish delivery by the bowler trying to make him reach out for it, so did the CSK captain and sliced it for a four.

Now the equation was 12 in 5 which looks really gettable with MS at the crease, he was batting on 40 from 26 balls and miscued the second ball, it went in the air but Piyush Chawla the fielder at long on did not commit himself into the catch and thus not only gave Dhoni a chance, but also enough time to complete 2 runs. With 10 needed in 4, Irfan erred in length and bowled in his vicious arc and MS Dhoni absolutely plundered upon it, off she went miles and miles into the air both vertically and horizontally. The stadium in Dharamshala proved too small to keep the ball inside its area and it required the umpires to change the ball.

And now they needed just 4 from 3 balls, Pathan once again bowled a length ball and was absolutely murdered by Dhoni even before the ball landed on the roof of the stadium the excited CSK players made their way to the centre to celebrate one of the most thrilling performances by their skipper. Surprisingly MS Dhoni also looked charged up by the outcome and what he had just done, and for the first time we saw him depict emotions while on the field, as he jabbed one right hand into his helmet.

Watch: MS Dhoni disposes Irfan Pathan off for 16 runs in an over IPL: