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MS Dhoni- 16 balls

Dhoni treated his home crowd with a memorable knock in 2015

Chennai Super Kings were taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad in a league match of the CLT20 in 2015 when Dhoni came out to bat in the 15th over of the innings. After scoring 11 runs off his first 7 balls, which included a six off Duminy, Dhoni set himself to up the ante.

In the 18th over of the innings, bowled by Thisara Perera, Dhoni pulled a leaf out of is own old textbook as he clobbered Perera for 5 sixes in the over. Straight drive over the sight screen, a whip over the fine leg boundary, a slice over backward point, slog over long on and an uppercut over third man, all of this action unfolded in one over and each time the ball crossed the fence for a six.

A couple off Sammy in the final over, before another two sixes off consecutive balls that followed, meant that Dhoni's home crowd at Ranchi has seen their hero get to a half-century off just 16 balls, a record for CLT20.

CSK, whose score went from 141 after 17 overs to 202 from 20 overs, thanks to Dhoni's magical display of power, overhauled SRH by 12 runs.