Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit a boundary to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bowler Sunil Narine for the first time in IPL. He hit a four off a ball by Narine in the 17th over of the innings. MS Dhoni had faced a total of 63 balls from Sunil Narine over eight years in the IPL and he has hit a boundary for the first time in Narine's 65th delivery. Notably, Dhoni's 1st boundary against Narine came off a free hit in the 17th over of the match.

Chennai Super Kings) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is famous for his explosive batting. Even though his bat is still quiet in the 14th season of the Indian Premier League, his team registered a third successive victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday. In this match, MS Dhoni hit a four off Sunil Narine's ball for the first time in this T20 League history. Chennai defeated Kolkata (KKR) by 18 runs in the match played at Wankhede Stadium. Dhoni's team scored 220 for 3 wickets, after which the KKR team was all out for 202 runs in 19.1 overs.

Dhoni landed at number four in the batting order, he came to the crease in the 17th over of the innings after Moeen Ali (25) was hunted by Narine. In the same over, Narine bowled a No bowl, after which Dhoni hit a four on a free hit. This was Dhoni's first fours in IPL history against Sunil Narine, which came after a long wait of 65 balls. Dhoni hit 2 fours and 1 six off 8 balls and contributed 17 runs.

Dhoni faced Narine for the first time in this T20 league in 2012. Since then, this legendary wicket-keeper batsman could not hit any boundary on this spinner's ball. Earlier in the eight years, Dhoni faced Sunil Narine's 63 balls and he was able to score only 30 runs in IPL history so far.

Gaikwad and du Plessis formed a 115-run opening partnership for Chennai. Pacer Deepak Chahar took the 4 wickets. CSK has reached the top of the table with 6 points. RCB also have 6 points but Chennai is on top due to a better run rate.