“It was loudest I’ve ever heard.” Pat Cummins is surprised by MS Dhoni’s thundering response from the Hyderabad fans

Pat Cummins is surprised by MS Dhoni's thundering response from the Hyderabad fans

When the former CSK skipper strolled out to bat, the audience in Hyderabad went crazy with chants of ‘MS Dhoni’.

Home teams have a slight disadvantage against the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.The league format allows each franchise to play seven home games during the season. But that is just on paper.uch is the phenomenon of MS Dhoni, and that has been over the last 17 years of IPL history, that even the opposition crowd tends to don the CSK yellow, with No. 7 inscribed on the back. No matter where or when they play, it is the ‘yellove’ invasion that every venue witnesses, thus robbing every franchise of home support when they host CSK.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins saw it firsthand on Friday, when the orange-painted seats at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadiumpreparing to host the Orange Army, were filled with a sea of Yellow.all waiting to see their superstar perhaps in his final IPL season.

In the end, with three balls remaining in the CSK innings, When Dhoni stepped out, Hyderabad exploded. The audience went crazy with ‘Dhoni-Dhoni’ chanting.

Following the match, Cummins was initially made aware that SRH, who won both their opening two matches at home in 2024, had failed to make the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium their fortress last season, having won only one of their seven homes games before being asked if the franchise made anything different before the start of this season. However, the World Cup-winning Aussie star highlighted the “crazy” reception that Dhoni received when he walked out to bat, admitting that it had left him flabbergasted.”Crowd was crazy tonight. When MS walked out, it was as loud as I’ve ever heard,” he said. “But yes we love playing here and we made it two from two.”

When requested to make a plea to the home crowd to turn out more in the SRH jersey. Cummins could only smile before he said, “Please.”