Former Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja praised Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik and said he did what Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni has been doing all these years in the Indian Premier League. and that’s dictating the game.
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KKR defended 167 against CSK to win their 2020 IPL league match by 10 runs. Karthik’s different strategy of getting Pat Cummins out early and retaining Sunil Narine for the second half of innings worked wonders with Jadeja believing it was a game-changing play for KKR.
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“I have to admit that he (Dinesh Karthik) got a Dhoni today. What MS Dhoni has been doing with other teams, today Karthik managed to do the same … He dictated the play.
“His decision to have Pat Cummins pitch 11th made the game slow down and then Karthik decided to pitch Sunil Narine in the middle. Narine only conceded 3-4 runs and these were the moments when the game turned in favor of KKR, ”Jadeja told Cricbuzz.
“There has always been a belief that CSK can pursue all kinds of goals and that fear often made opposition teams make wrong decisions,” added Jadeja.
CSK was going strong and ahead of the order rate by up to 10 overs, but that all changed when Narine returned Shane Watson (50) in his second over. CSK failed to hit a limit of over 11 to over 15 as KKR took a firm stance in the driver’s seat.
Virender Sehwag, on the other hand, was so impressed with Karthik that he even doubted if it was Karthik’s strategy. Former India starter Sehwag praised Karthik’s strategy to stop Narine, who finished 1-for-31 in his four overs.
“I think Karthik really reserved his spinners Narine and Varun Chakravarthy for the overs between the 9th and 20th, this was the right strategy. Today, Karthik kept his plans even as the Super Kings had 90 runs in the first 10 overs. Hats off to Karthik, ”he said.
Sehwag also talked about how to use Chakravarthy, who cleaned up MS Dhoni, at the end of the innings it was a good idea.
“Since it was CSK’s first time playing Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine, no hitter wants to risk those overs. After Sam Curran hit 10 runs to Narine in an over, it looked like Chennai picked up some momentum, but after Dhoni left, that momentum was broken. Shortly after Curran came out, Chennai found himself reeling in the race, “he said.
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