Sanju Samson shined for the Royals on the night as he scored 72 off just 34 deliveries and also played a part in four dismissals behind the stumps (two catches, two stumpings).
On a treacherous Port of Spain track, Dhoni watched Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Vinay Kumar all fall around him in a chase of 202, but blocked and bunted his way to the last over, bringing the equation to 15 off six balls.
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Dhoni strides out, rolling his shoulder and windmilling his arms. "I haven't batted for a long time. In the final over bowled by Junaid Khan, Dhoni rolled out an outrageous shot, scything a yorker between backward point and short third man for four. In the latter half of his career, Dhoni traded brute power for risk-free accumulation and reduced the contest to him v the bowler in the last over. In only his fifth ODI innings, Dhoni, shoulder-length red-tinted hair and all, was bumped up to No.
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