VIDEO | MS Dhoni shows shows off his athletic side with a sprint to save two runs at the ropes

How often have you seen MS Dhoni leaving his comfy position between behind the stumps to run all the way to the boundary? Well, it needed a special occasion to bring such kind of a feat out of him and what better instance than the Cauvery derby in the IPL.

After the hosts started the match slowly by managing just 13 runs from the first two overs of Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur, Quinton de Kock had to go for the big shots in Chahar’s second over. However, the South African southpaw failed terribly to contact well with a short ball and ended up getting top edging it.

The ball went high up in the air and didn’t cover much ground either, which, in a non-poweplay over, would definitely found a fielder. There wasn’t a one this time and the onus was on Dhoni to stop it. And the skipper, despite having his keeping pads on, showed tremendous commitment to rush all the way back to the deep fine leg boundary and pull the ball back in the nick of time saving two runs for his side. While it was something that is not usually expected from a keeper, Chennai fans will argue that it is just things that their captain does.