Chennai Super Kings captain M.S. Dhoni throughout the IPL 2023 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 17, 2023.
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Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels Chennai Super Kings’ bowlers are repeatedly letting M.S. Dhoni down and has urged them to “buck up” to keep away from the danger of getting their talismanic skipper “banned”.
CSK posted an imposing 226/6 of their IPL match in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday, however Dhoni struggled to defend the whole along with his bowlers conceding six wides earlier than prevailing over by eight runs.
“Dhoni was not looking happy because he has mentioned it before that he wants the bowlers to reduce the number of no balls and wides,” Sehwag stated on Cricbuzz.
“It shouldn’t go to a stage where Dhoni gets banned and CSK has to take the field without their captain.”
In all, CSK bowled as many as 11 extras in opposition to RCB.
The four-time IPL champions had leaked 18 runs in extras in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants earlier and Dhoni had warned them to chop down on extras or be able to “play under a new captain”.
“Dhoni has said earlier too to restrict wides and no balls. And to bowl six wides, is really disappointing,” Sehwag stated.
Seamer Tushar Deshpande conceded three wides to proceed his poor run within the IPL, however Sehwag was furious with their spinner Maheesh Theekshana for bowling huge.
“It’s really disappointing when you bowl so many wides, especially by a spinner. At least they should control their wides.” “With the kind of knee injury he has, it appears he might play only a handful of matches more anyway. He is constantly pushing himself, but if his bowlers are bowling so many wides and no balls, then Dhoni will have to take rest,” Sehwag added.
A knee damage to Ben Stokes implies that the English stalwart is unable to bowl. CSK’s assault can be tormented by accidents to Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary and Sisanda Mangala.
“I’ve been saying from day one Chennai is thin on bowling. It’s their weak link. They have to focus on their bowling. They have to manage with this, they will have to bowl better, execute better,” Sehwag stated.
Sehwag additional identified that CSK bowlers had 37 dot balls, however regardless of that, RCB went on to attain 218/8.
“So it meant the runs are scored in 14 overs! They [RCB] almost reached the target because they were hitting in fours and sixes.
“CSK bowling will should buck up and produce out the very best in them, execute their plans correctly. Be it yorkers, slower ones. They will even have to enhance a bit in fielding,” he stated, referring to their 4 dropped catches.
