For Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni not a lot has modified since the final season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) as the 39-year-old remains to be battling the bat. Notably, Dhoni has scored mere 18 runs from two innings to date.
The wicketkeeper-batsman acquired out for a duck in opposition to Delhi Capitals after which scored 18 off 17 balls in opposition to Rajasthan Royals.
However, CSK are profitable matches extra incessantly as they’ve gained two out of three video games to date in IPL 2021. Also, Dhoni remains to be a mastermind in the center he all the time has been and he proved it as soon as once more when he used his two spinners Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja in the center overs in opposition to RR, realising that the dry ball will spin.
Meanwhile, batting legend and West Indies nice Brian Lara feels that Dhoni can afford to focus extra on different duties reasonably than batting and he can bat lower down the order particularly contemplating the kind of batting line-up that CSK have.
“I don’t think there should be asking for too much effort from MS Dhoni with the bat. Of course, he got the gloves in his hands, he has got to take the catches and do the stumpings. But I find that batting order is so long, Dhoni can take some rest. We want him in form, we know how destructive he can be but he has got so many good players. Look at Sam Curran, who is in great form. He comes in and hits from ball one straightaway,” Brian Lara instructed Star Sports.
Interestingly, majority of the followers agree with Lara and are of the opinion that MSD ought to demote himself in the batting line-up.
As per the ballot performed by Zee News on Twitter, 55.2% of people want Dhoni to come lower down the order, whereas 44.8% of people consider that MSD ought to proceed to bat at no.7 solely.
#ZeePoll | Should MS Dhoni take Brian Lara’s recommendation to take ‘relaxation’ and bat lower down the order in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders?#IPL2021 #KKRvsCSK #CSKvsKKR @msdhoni @BrianLara @ChennaiIPL @KKRiders
— Zee News English (@ZeeNewsEnglish) April 21, 2021
Meanwhile, CSK tackle Kolkata Knight Riders in their fourth sport of the IPL 2021 at Wankhede on Wednesday (April 21) and KKR skipper Eoin Morgan gained the toss and elected to bowl first.
KKR has made two adjustments as Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Sunil Narine come in for Harbhajan Singh and Shakib Al Hasan.
CSK has made one change and rested Dwayne Bravo. Lungi Ngidi replaces him in the facet.
Teams:
KKR: Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna.
CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar.
