Eight innings. 96 runs at a strike worth of 204.26. That’s what the Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni has achieved with the bat throughout the 2023 Indian Premier League.
Coming in to bat throughout the lack of life overs, the best scorer throughout the remaining over of the league, Dhoni has been able to go for large footage with out taking lots time throughout the middle. An topic he had struggled with over the last few seasons throughout the league.
Against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday, he’d can be found to bat throughout the seventeenth over, Dhoni would score a nine-ball-20. “This is what my job is, I have told them this is what I am supposed to do, don’t make me run a lot and it has been working. This is what I need to do, happy to contribute,” he’d inform throughout the post-match conference.
Defending 168 at Chepauk, the hosts managed to dismiss Delhi 27 runs in want of their full, registering their seventh win of the season.
“It turned a lot in the second half. We know that our spinners use a lot more seam than some of the other bowlers. We thought it’ll slow down. We didn’t know what’s a good score. That’s why I wanted the bowlers to bowl their best deliveries but not look for wickets every delivery. That’s when you start not bowling well. I felt 166-170 was a good score. But as a batting unit, we can do better,” the profitable skipper well-known.
He added,”The good issue is Moeen and Jaddu acquired a possibility to bat. As we get nearer to the ultimate part of the match, it’s important that everybody has just some deliveries beneath their belt. We ought to be happy with our batting.”
Dhoni moreover praised the opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who’s as quickly as as soon as extra been CSK’s lead scorer with the bat. “He (Gaikwad) is batting really well, he’s somebody once he starts scoring, he’s very effortless. He’s somebody who’s happy to rotate. He has the game awareness. He is ready to adapt. You rarely get people like that. People who read the game, those are the kind of players you need in your team.”
