MS Dhoni: It hurts where we are at this stage of the 2020 IPL, says CSK captain Dhoni | Cricket news

SHARJAH: Super Kings of Chennai‘(CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted on Friday that his team failed to achieve its potential from game two onwards as the former champions suffered an embarrassing 10 wicket loss at the hands of Mumbai Indians in a IPL match here.
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With the loss, CSK is almost out of consideration for a playoff spot with just six points from 11 games. They remained rooted at the bottom of the IPL point table.
“What you have to see is what are the things that go wrong, especially this year; it has not been our year. Whether you lose by 8 or 10 wickets, it does not matter, but where we are at this stage of the tournament, it hurts”, He said.

“The thing to see is where we went wrong, from the second game,” Dhoni said in the post-match presentation.
“There can be hundreds of reasons, but one of the main things you ask yourself is whether you have played to the potential you have no matter the conditions. When you put a good team on paper, have we done enough to support? statistics? And this year we haven’t. ”
The former India captain said luck didn’t favor CSK this time either.
“It was more about the bowling. (Ambati) Rayudu got injured, the other hitters maybe they weren’t there at 200 percent; and in CricketWhen you are going through a difficult phase, you need a little luck.
“The games we wanted to hit first, we didn’t win the draw and there’s no spray, and suddenly when we hit first, there’s spray,” he said.

He said there have cumulatively been hitting failures, but called it an integral part of the game.
“You can’t always think that the result will come your way. Even when you’re hurting, you try to smile and take it with your chin. I feel like the guys have done that, they’ve tried to act.
“I think it is important for us to have a clear idea of ​​next year. There are many yes and buts: auctions, where the venues will be.”
Dhoni said the remaining three games will be an ideal opportunity to give the youngsters the platform.
“Look at some of the young guys getting ready for next year, see who’s hitting and who’s throwing to death and soaking up the pressure. A few more that are on the bench will get games in the next three games.”
Mumbai Indians substitute captain Kieron Pollard described the victory as a team effort.

“We wanted to get them out (for) less than 100, but Sam (Curran) hit well. I think it was a total team effort,” said Pollard, who led IM in the absence of the injured Rohit Sharma.
“Two-three wickets at the beginning put you in the game and getting 4-5 is fantastic. Then the starters came out and finished without leaving any uncertainty was good.”
He said MI would want to finish in the top two in the league phase, but said it’s about getting the points and not thinking about the playoff opponents.
“There is always room to improve, I myself make some mistakes on the field, the guys are not aware in certain situations. It may not be technical, but there are things that need to be talked about.”
On leading the side, he said, “(the captaincy) is an integral part of it, sometimes you don’t have to be a leader to be a leader.
“I know a thing or two. So it was just a matter of me stepping in and she came out tonight. It was just a matter of making the right decisions, not giving them gifts.”