Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni on Saturday had a phrase of recommendation for younger Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana: do not even get near red-ball cricket. Referred to as Baby Malinga, as he has modelled his bowling motion on the Lankan nice, the 20-year pacer with sling arm motion received the person of the match award after returning glorious figures of three/15 in CSK’s six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians.
Dhoni saved the bowler’s sling motion, which might be vulnerable to accidents, in thoughts as he cautioned Pathirana and likewise the Sri Lankan cricket directors towards enjoying him in all codecs of the sport. (Watch: Virat Kohli Touches Feet Of Childhood Coach Before DC vs RCB Clash)
“People who don’t have any clean action, batsmen have a difficult time picking it. But his consistency, pace makes him special,” Dhoni stated on the post-match presentation.
“I feel he should not play red-ball cricket, not even get close to it, he can play only ICC tournaments. He is young and he would be a great asset for Sri Lankan cricket. Last time he came, he was lean but now he has put on muscle and is stronger.”
Dhoni opted to bowl first after successful the toss. He revealed he had needed to bat first, however was outnumbered within the staff assembly.
“I was doubtful with the decision at the toss, I wanted to bat first but the think tank thought about the rain, I was slightly outnumbered and so we went with the majority.”
“If there is some kind of a confusion then we sit and talk about it. I felt the wicket will slow down and that was the reason behind it, and even if rain comes then the majority of the game would have been done,” he stated.
Dhoni stated it was a vital win because it offers them some cushion.
“It was a very crucial game for a simple reason if you see the points table there’s a muddle. Last few games the results have not gone in our favour and so it is good to be on the winning side.”
Rohit Sharma after dropping to CSK at Chepauk
Put in to bat, Rohit Sharma’s MI had been restricted to a below-par 139 for eight of their allotted 20 overs, after which noticed CSK chase down the goal of 140 in 17.4 overs.
Asked what went unsuitable within the sport, Rohit stated, “Everywhere I guess, we didn’t bat well enough, didn’t put enough runs for the bowlers to defend. We had an off-day as a batting unit.”
On him entering into at quantity three as an alternative of opening, he stated, “We just did what we felt was comfortable, 3), needed an Indian batter to bat in the middle overs against spin after unfortunately losing Tilak Varma, but we lost three wickets for just 16 runs.”
“There’s no such home advantage this season, everyone has won and lost at home, we need to do well in all the three departments of the game, we’ll play at home in the next two games, we’ll see how it goes,” Rohit added.
