Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni performs a shot in a match towards Delhi Capitals throughout the Indian Premier League 2023, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
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Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S. Dhoni on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, stated that his job this IPL season is to return down the order and supply the ultimate flourish with the bat.
The former India skipper, who’s believed to be taking part in his final season of IPL, has been batting down the order at occasions as little as No. 8, going through a few balls with an purpose to hit a few maximums like he did on Wednesday.
Against Delhi Capitals too he performed a fast cameo on the finish , blazing away to twenty off 9 balls to inflate CSK’s complete.
However, the World Cup-winning skipper was seen limping and struggled to run between the wickets.
“This is what my job is, I have told them this is what I am supposed to do, don’t make me run a lot and it has been working. This is what I need to do, happy to contribute,” Dhoni stated on the presentation ceremony after the 27-run win.
Despite an underwhelming efficiency with the bat, CSK managed a comfy win towards the Capitals.
The CSK prime three have executed the majority of the scoring this season with Shivam Dube “I felt 166-170 was a good score. But as a batting unit, we can do better. The good thing is Moeen (Ali) and Jaddu (Jadeja) got a chance to bat.
“As we get nearer to the final part of the event, it is vital that everyone has a few deliveries below their belt,” Dhoni said at the post match conference.
Talking about the match, Dhoni said “It turned a lot within the second half. We know that our spinners use a lot extra seam than a number of the different bowlers. We thought it will decelerate.
“We didn’t know what’s a good score. That’s why I wanted the bowlers to bowl their best deliveries but not look for wickets every delivery. That’s when you start not bowling well and bowl those loose deliveries.” We threw away wickets: Warner ==================== After an unbelievable batting efficiency within the win towards Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals batting crumbled as soon as once more.
They misplaced wickets in clumps, one thing that has plagued the Capitals all season.
“Back to losing three wickets. We lost a wicket in the first over. Our opening combination is crucial. We lost a wicket to a run-out. We threw wickets away. Put too much on pressure on ourselves. Was a gettable total.
Warner felt his side could have utilised their batting powerplay better.
“To sum it up, we would have liked a higher first six. We could not rotate strike. We wanted to attempt various things however we could not,” Warner stated.
