MS Dhoni‘s efficiency in the Indian Premier League has been fairly spectacular. The former Chennai Super Kings skipper has smashed 110 runs in 9 innings at a whopping strike fee of 224.48.
Dhoni’s function in the ongoing season and even in a few of the earlier ones has been to bat a lot decrease down the order and play the ultimate balls of CSK’s innings. During CSK’s conflict towards Punjab Kings at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala, the former CSK skipper got here out to bat even beneath Shardul Thakur at No.9. Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan was not impressed with CSK and Dhoni’s tactics in the staff’s conflict towards PBKS.
“MS Dhoni batting at No.9 doesn’t work for CSK, it doesn’t help the team’s cause. I know that he is 42, but he is in solid form. He should be taking the responsibility of batting up the order. He should bat for at least 4 to 5 overs. He is batting for the last over or last 2 overs and that doesn’t serve the purpose for CSK for a long term,” Pathan stated on Star Sports.
Pathan stated that CSK may qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs however Dhoni is in kind and have to bat up the order. “It might happen that we will see CSK qualify for the playoffs from here on and they need to win 90 percent of their games. As a proper senior guy, who’s in form, he needs to bat up the order. He can’t be doing the same thing that he has done on quite a few occasions,” he added.
Batting first, CSK scored 167/9 of their 20 overs on a floor that performed gradual and low. While Ajinkya Rahane went for one more low rating of 9. Ruturaj Gaikwad was cautious and scored 32 off the 21 balls earlier than falling to Rahul Chahar. Daryl Mitchell regarded strong for his 19-ball 30 however the knock from Jadeja was the cornerstone in CSK’s batting. His 43 took the staff to 167/9.
Meanwhile, none of the Punjab batters might bother the Super Kings in the run chase. Prabhsimran Singh was the top-scorer for his 23-ball 30 with Shashan Singh being the second-highest run-scorer for the hosts along with his 20-run knock.
PBKS’ Playing XI:
Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
CSK’s Playing XI:
Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson, Tushar Deshpande
