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'Divided by fans, united by themselves' - Twitter in awe of Dhoni-Gambhir reunion

After Lucknow won against Chennai, Gautam Gambhir were seen catching up with each other. Fans took to Twitter to react on the same.

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'Divided by fans, united by themselves' - Twitter in awe of Dhoni-Gambhir reunion

MS Dhoni (Image source: BCCI/IPL)

In one of the highly anticipated clashes of the Indian T20 League, Chennai and Lucknow locked horns with each other on Thursday at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Much to the delight of the fans, the match turned out to be a high-scoring thriller and Lucknow eventually won the game by 6 wickets.

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Chennai was asked to bat first on a batting paradise at Brabourne Stadium. Ruturaj Gaikwad, unfortunately, got run out for just 1 run, but Robin Uthappa gave the team a blistering start with the bat.

He notched his half-century in just 27 balls. The likes of Shivam Dube (49 off 30) and Ambati Rayudu (27 off 20) also played crucial knocks in the middle overs, and as a result of that, Chennai notched a huge 210-run total in the first innings.

In pursuit of that, Lucknow also made a great start, courtesy of a 99-run opening partnership between KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock. Both made significant contributions to the total. Later, Evin Lewis produced a brilliant 55-run unbeaten knock in 23 balls to help the team chase down the score in 19.3 over. Young rising star Ayush Badoni, once again, showcased his batting prowess, playing a useful unbeaten cameo of 16 runs in 6 deliveries.

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With that win, Lucknow has opened their account, while Chennai  are still searching for their first win in the tournament.

The recently concluded match between Chennai and Lucknow had a lot of excitement to it as the fans got to witness MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir against each other, once again, on a cricket field. Over the years, there have been rumors of a rift between MS Dhoni and Gambhir. Apart from clinching several victories together for India, the duo has also taken on each other while leading their respective franchises in the Indian T20 League.

On Thursday, the duo put all those rumors to rest as they were seen interacting with each other on the field after the match. It didn’t take a lot of time for the pictures to get viral and the fans were in awe of that. Former Kolkata skipper, also took to his Instagram handle to share the heart-warming images. "It was nice catching up skipper," Gambhir said in his Instagram post.

Here’s a look at how the fans reacted to the post on Twitter:

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