Chennai Super Kings missed Dwayne Bravo’s services very much on Saturday. CSK had scored 179 runs in their quota of 20 overs and were looking to win the match against Delhi Capitals at Sharjah Stadium. The equation ultimately boiled down to the last of where CSK needed to defend 16 runs on 6 balls. But Bravo had suffered a groin injury and MS Dhoni couldn’t come to him to rescue his team. Dhoni threw the ball to Ravindra Jadeja, who was unable to defend the goal as he let in 22 runs in the last over.
Bravo is the death bowling expert with his deadly yorkers and slower deliveries. CSK has relied on him on several occasions in critical situations. But now he could be out for a few games. Head coach Stephen Fleming talked about Bravo and said the SUV could be “out for a few days or a couple of weeks” due to a groin injury.
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“He (Bravo) seems to have a right groin injury, obviously it was serious enough to prevent him from coming back onto the field, he’s really disappointed that he couldn’t finish the final, that’s more or less from what he said. He’s on the team, ”Bravo said.
The experienced off-roader’s injury would have to be re-evaluated in the future.
“It would have to be reassessed in the future, at this stage, you could imagine it would take a few days or a couple of weeks,” Fleming said after the CSK’s five-wicket loss.
Bravo’s injury meant that CSK had to give left spinner Ravindra Jadeja the last lap.
“Unfortunately Dwayne Bravo got injured so he couldn’t throw last, naturally he’s a bowler of death, that’s how our season has gone, we have challenges,” Fleming said at the post-game press conference .
“Jadeja wasn’t planned to go bowling to death, but with Bravo injured, we had no other choice. We did well to create a situation where it could have worked for us, but we have to keep working hard and turn it around. ” The CSK head coach said Shikhar Dhawan played well but regretted the catches as the experienced left-handed starter guided DC home with his first 100 IPL.
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“Well we gave Shikhar Dhawan a few lives, he was playing well, we had opportunities to take his early wicket but we didn’t take them. He was playing aggressively and he was staying there with the required running pace, if we had taken him out we could have put pressure on his low-mid order, the game could have been different, losing three or four receptions against him was too much. ” He said the team did well to hit 179 for five, thanks to some good shots towards the end.
“It was tough at first, the way we played in the last five was promising, some good shots from us to get there at 180, if we had risked it it would have been a marker to win the match, but it wasn’t. be, ”he added.
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