Parthiv Patel, the man whose direct hit gave Royal Challengers Bangalore an improbable one-run win over Chennai Super Kings, said he was left quite surprised when Mahendra Singh Dhoni missed hitting the last ball of the cliffhanger. Patel wasn't expecting a marauding Dhoni to miss Umesh Yadav's slower delivery before his direct throw sealed it for the home team on Sunday night. Dhoni scored 24 off the first five balls of the final over before missing the last ball. "We honestly wanted him (Dhoni) to hit through the off-side on the shorter side of the ground. He wanted the game to go down to last three-four overs and he almost won the game," said Patel.

Source: dna April 22, 2019 06:22 UTC