Dhoni came in at bat at No. 7 sending players like Sam Curran and Kedar Jadhav ahead of him in a mammoth 217-run chase.
When asked why he got so low, the CSK captain said, “I haven’t hit for a long time. The 14-day quarantine doesn’t help.”
Dhoni’s referral went to CSK’s additional one-week quarantine after 13 people in his contingent tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in the loss of important training sessions. He was not out 29 of 17 balls with three sixes in the last over.
Although he did not name Murali Vijay, the veteran starter’s 21 run-a-ball was one of the reasons CSK came up short, as well as a bad day from their spinning duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Piyush Chawla.
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“With 217 on the board, we needed a very good start, which was not the case. Steve (Smith) and (Sanju) Samson hit very well. We need to give credit to their bowlers. Once you’ve seen the first few innings , you knew the lengths to go bowling, “said Dhoni.
“Their spinners did well to throw away from the batter. Our spinners made the mistake of throwing too full. If we had restricted them to 200, it would have been a good game.”
Your rival captain Steve Smith praised Jofra Archer’s greatest hits in the last over which finally changed the game.
“I think the last wave of Jofra was an incredible blow. Sanju samsonIt seemed like all he hit was for six. MS hit some at the end, and Faf got going too, but it was nice to get a win, “Smith said.
Smith spoke eloquently about the nine sixes of Sanju.
“Sanju was amazing, and all I had to do was strike him. This should give him a lot of confidence. Jos (Buttler) is a quality player and we’ll see what happens when he comes back. It’s hard to take the opening space away from someone like him. “.
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