Mumbai, April 6 -- It must have been discomforting for the Chennai Super Kings loyalists to watch MS Dhoni's 30* (26b) and Vijay Shankar's 69* (54b) slow unbeaten sixth-wicket partnership, which appeared almost perfunctory towards the end, against Delhi Capitals at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday.
Capitals notched up 183 after electing to bat and then left CSK 25 runs short at their home base in the day game, restricted to 158/5.
When CSK's superhero arrived at the crease in the 11th over, the hosts needed 110 runs from 56 balls. Shankar was on 24, scoring at run-a-ball with half the side back in the pavilion.
It was a challenging ask on a slow surface, but no one in the stadium was willing to rule out Dhoni pulling off a he...