On Tuesday night, in a tough chase of the 217-race goal set by the Rajasthan Royals, it was quite disconcerting to see MS Dhoni leave the order unchanged and reserve No. 7 during the Chennai Super Kings innings. With CSK on stage reduced to 77/3 in the ninth, the stage was set for Dhoni to take center stage before unleashing ‘the finisher’ on him. But instead, Dhoni let Ruturaj Gaikwad and Kedar Jadhav get ahead of him.
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After the game, Dhoni explained the reason behind staying at No. 7, saying he wanted to give opportunities to others knowing he hasn’t hit in a long time. Sam Curran, who had a crucial role to play with the bat against the Mumbai Indians, was sent back to fourth place. In the end, Faf du Plessis played a magnificent knock of 72 of 27 balls but it was not enough for CSK to overcome the line in Match 4 of the IPL 2020
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“I haven’t hit in a long time. The 14-day quarantine doesn’t help (why not beat higher). He also wanted to try different things, give Sam opportunities. Get a chance to try different things. If it doesn’t work, you can always go back to your strengths. Faf adapted very well. Something that hitters will do, neglect the square leg and go more to the length and length, ”Dhoni said after the game.
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Dhoni finally finished with 29 of 17 balls, including a hat-trick of six in the final on the ball of Sam’s brother, Tom Curran. Previously, in response to RR total, CSK’s inaugural pair of Murali Vijay and Shane Watson had tallied 56 in 6.3 overs, but Dhoni calculated his team needed an even better start.
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“With 217 on the board, we needed a very good start which was not the case. Steve and Samson hit very well. I need to give credit to his bowlers, ”Dhoni said. “Once you have seen the first few innings, you will know the duration of the bowling. His spinners did well to throw themselves away from the batter. Our spinners made the mistake of bowling too full. If we had restricted them to 200, it would have been a good game. “
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