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  • “I still haven’t left”: Dhoni’s cheeky response on his future after CSK raise IPL crown

    Mahendra Singh Dhoni performed his half to perfection in a unprecedented script as he led Chennai Super Kings to their fourth Indian Premier League title, outwitting Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in a one-sided last on Friday. Dhoni, who can also be famend for his sharp wittedness, additionally had a cheeky response after the sport to Harsha Bhogle’s quip that may fill hope in all of the CSK followers.
    Before he signed off the post-match interview, Bhogle mentioned, “You can be proud of the legacy you have left behind”, to which Dhoni cheekily responded, “Still I haven’t left behind….”

    Woah !!!!Finally Got a remark to all of the rumours, DHONI IS STILL IN IPL FOR UPCOMING SEASONS….🤩🤩🤩🤩
    HONI KO ANHONI KAR DE..ANHONI KO HONI..EK JAGAH PAR JAMA HO..♥️♥️ MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI ♥️♥️#CSK #DhoniFinishesOffInStyle #dhoni #virat #Cskvskkr #KKRvsCSK pic.twitter.com/kw8WXNM7Ay
    — Mohit | tihoM (@_MohitArora_) October 15, 2021
    As the ultimate supply was bowled, the previous ‘Band Master’ had that lingering smile on the far nook of his lips having orchestrated his ‘Men’, who is aware of could also be one final time.
    Unarguably, essentially the most cherished and revered Indian captain of all time led a crew of previous warhorses with oodles of expertise as they first posted a formidable goal of 192 for 3 after which squeezed Knights for less than 165 for 9 regardless of a promising opening stand of 91 between Shubman Gill (51 off 43 balls) and Venkatesh Iyer (50 off 32 balls).
    It was canny captaincy that ensured 91 for no loss become 125 for 8 and earlier than one realised, it appeared there was just one crew on the park.
    Speaking on the second the successful captain was all smiles as he mentioned,” Yes we’re most constant crew trying on the stats however we’ve additionally misplaced finals. Not letting the opposition in is one thing we conciously wished to enhance. I hope CSK within the coming years can be recognized for that. We don’t actually speak lots. It’s extra one on one. The second you speak in a crew room there’s a little bit of stress. You can’t ship with no good crew. We even have nice people as nicely.”
    MS Dhoni led CSK to their fourth IPL title.
    Asked about what subsequent, Dhoni mentioned all of it trusted the BCCI. ” Again I’ve mentioned it earlier than, it relies on BCCI. With two new groups coming in……we’ve to resolve what is nice for CSK. It’s not about me being there in top-three or 4. It’s about making a robust core to make sure the franchise doesn’t undergo. The core group, we’ve to have a tough look to see who can contribute for the subsequent 10 years.”
    He thanked the followers, saying “I would love to thank the fans. We are in Dubai now. Even when we played in South Africa, we always got good amount of support. Thanks to all of them. If feels like Chepauk, Chennai.”
    He additionally showered reward on his opponents saying, “Before I start talking about CSK, it’s important I talk about KKR. For the position they were in after the first phase, to perform this well, it’s very difficult. If any team deserved to win the IPL this year, it is KKR for the way they have played. I think the break helped them.”
    Kolkata Knight Riders fell quick nevertheless it was nonetheless an excellent event for them after a stuttering begin. Their captain Eoin Mogan mentioned, “Extremely pleased with the combat we confirmed. The character and nature of the combat characterizes the Calcutta spirit. Today sadly wasn’t ours. Venkatesh is new to this platform however has an enormous future. Him and Gill have been the cornerstone of our batting. The vitality Tripathi confirmed was completely excellent.’

  • Why Jadeja ought to bat forward of Dhoni in Qualifier 1

    Ravindra Jadeja and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have had a contrasting IPL season. While Jadeja towers the Chennai Super Kings batting charts with a 145.51 strike-rate, Dhoni with 95.04 pales compared. In the 14 league video games, Jadeja has scored 227 runs and his captain 96 runs. So why is Dhoni batting forward of Jadeja?
    While the left-arm spin-all-rounder is seen as a finisher, he has been under-utilised. In the 14 video games, he confronted 156 balls. Batting greater up the order and going through extra deliveries may need yielded even greater returns. It could be attention-grabbing to see the CSK group administration’s thought course of, going into the Qualifier 1 in opposition to Delhi Capitals in Dubai on Sunday, on the heels of three defeats on the spin.
    Dhoni off color
    Go again to the CSK versus DC group league fixture in Dubai performed solely 5 days in the past. Batting first, CSK posted 136/5, with Dhoni making 18 off 27 balls. His followers wish to neglect how DC quick bowler Anrich Nortje hurried him in his pictures. Once the good finisher, the 40-year-old has struggled to power the tempo all through this IPL. Devoid of standard cricket, he has appeared woefully undercooked.
    Jadeja coming at No. 7 and going through simply two deliveries was a travesty. DC received the sport by three wickets, with two balls remaining. CSK missed a trick by not selling Jadeja up the order. And together with Ok Gowtham’s dropped catch of Shimron Hetmyer, it was a cause for his or her defeat.
    READ | MS Dhoni says ‘lot of uncertainties’ round his future at CSK
    It was an identical scene throughout CSK’s final match in opposition to Punjab Kings. Dhoni once more got here to bat forward of Jadeja, consuming 15 balls for 12 runs. The left-hander, as a consequence, wasn’t given the luxurious of pacing his innings on a pitch that demanded a while for a brand new batsman to settle in.
    There’s a faculty of thought that Dhoni wanted batting time within the center earlier than the Playoffs. That, on the expense of Jadeja’s promotion up the order nonetheless, didn’t look a wise selection. CSK’s batting this time period has been primarily carried by their openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis – with 533 and 546 runs respectively. In the primary half of the match in India, Moeen Ali made his presence felt at No. 3. But within the second part in UAE, particularly in the direction of the back-end of the group stage, the southpaw’s kind regressed. Ali hasn’t reached a 30-plus rating in his final 4 innings.
    Jadeja’s batting enchancment
    During the Test collection in England, India captain Virat Kohli was proactive sufficient to advertise Jadeja within the batting order forward of an out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane. Jadeja’s batting document during the last two seasons in worldwide cricket merited the promotion. With Suresh Raina, too, now not the power he was once – 160 runs in 12 matches – CSK apparently have failed to completely capitalise on Jadeja’s prime kind.
    CSK’s Ravindra Jadeja in motion with Sam Curran in opposition to KKR. (IPL)
    The 32-year-old has grown sufficient as a batsman to at instances singlehandedly change the course of a match and CSK’s fixture in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi was a working example. The three-time IPL champions appeared to have surrendered the initiative by shedding two wickets – Raina and Dhoni – in an over, whereas the asking charge jumped to 13. With 26 required off 12 balls, Jadeja flattened Prasidh Krishna with a 22-run over.
    The losers of Qualifier 1 would get a second chew on the cherry, however profitable it and reaching the ultimate is clearly the popular route. Eyes shall be mounted on CSK’s use of Jadeja as a batsman.
    Capitals’ evolution
    DC’s evolution as a group during the last two seasons beneath head coach Ricky Ponting has been one of many constructive tales of the IPL. Be it Shreyas Iyer or Rishabh Pant, a younger captain working beneath the steering of a high-profile coach has labored spectacularly for the Delhi-based franchise. This is the alternative of how CSK’s system works, however the Capitals have benefited from the coverage.
    They reached the ultimate final 12 months and completed on the high of the group stage with 20 factors from 14 matches.
    In phrases of steadiness, DC are higher positioned than their Qualifier 1 opponents, having all bases coated – top-order, middle-order, tempo and spin.
    The proper evolution of a group is marked by its consistency. For a younger group, that is additionally the most important problem, as success normally doesn’t comply with a linear path. DC have grow to be splendidly constant – they’ve misplaced simply 4 video games this time period – by embracing stability. Even within the inconsequential final group sport, they didn’t rotate a lot. And though DC misplaced to Royal Challengers Bangalore, Prithvi Shaw’s candy placing of the ball impressed confidence.
    T20 matches although, ooze the unpredictability of soccer’s penalty shoot-outs and typically simply two-three deliveries could make the distinction.
    DC boasting Nortje’s tempo, Kagiso Rabada’s craft and Avesh Khan’s purple patch wish to dismiss the CSK openers early and goal an iffy middle-order. But Jadeja, ought to the CSK think-tank attain the choice, coming to bat at No 5 may very well be the antidote.

  • MS Dhoni ought to bat at 4 as soon as CSK qualifies for IPL playoffs: Gautam Gambhir

    Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir reckons that skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni ought to promote himself to the quantity 4 place as soon as Chennai Super Kings qualifies for the knockout stage of the IPL.
    CSK are at the moment positioned on the second place within the desk with 14 factors from 9 matches.
    Dhoni got here out to bat at quantity six in each the matches after the resumption of the IPL in UAE, scoring 3 and 11 not out in opposition to Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore respectively.
    Gambhir, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders to the title twice, mentioned Dhoni must play at quantity 4 irrespective of if the staff is chasing or defending a complete.
    “MS Dhoni should bat at No.4 once CSK qualifies for the playoffs, irrespective of whether you are chasing or batting first so that you are able to spend time in the middle,” Gambhir informed Star Sports.
    “I will want to see that, hopefully it happens. The best thing about a captain is that it is his own wish, he can bat anywhere he wants.”
    Dhoni has scored simply 51 runs up to now this season.
    “Your No.3 and No.4 will not always score runs. You need to bat a little more. The more runs you score, it will keep getting easier,” Gambhir mentioned.
    “You will qualify for the playoffs but it should not happen that the responsibility falls on you, you lose early wickets and you have to come and score runs.”
    CSK will face KKR on Sunday.

  • RCB vs CSK: Kohli exclaims, David yawns, Faf scoops in Chennai’s six-wicket win

    The exclamation escaped Virat Kohli’s lips after he was shocked by how a lot Ravindra Jadeja spun the ball. It had landed outdoors leg stump and broke proper throughout his startled jab and went previous the off stump. Oi! went Kohli. He let loose a chuckle. So did Jadeja. Only man who didn’t present a lot shock was after all MS Dhoni who had his proper gloves in the best place to pouch it. Where did that flip come from, although? In truth, the highest soil got here off a contact on that event – a puff of mud flew up because the ball gripped and spun. This pitch isn’t identified for a lot flip. Perhaps, it’s right down to the newly-relaid floor after the final IPL which is but to calm down, possibly. Kohli fell subsequent over, swat-flicking Dwayne Bravo straight to the deep midwicket fielder. And Kohli had a wry smile on the missed six.

    5⃣3⃣ Runs4⃣1⃣ Balls6⃣ Fours1⃣ Six
    Sit again & take pleasure in this breezy half-century from @RCBTweets captain @imVkohli 🎥 ⬇️ #VIVOIPL #RCBvCSK https://t.co/vqQ0ZZgCqd
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 24, 2021
    To yawn is human… Davidine
    Tim David let loose a yawn on the sprawling couch contained in the dressing room. In full gear, barring the helmet. He stretched his limbs, slumped again over the couch, tilted his head, and saved yawning, his mouth agape. The second, funnily or embarrassingly, was caught on the digital camera. In the dug-out that hugged the pitch, Simon Doull was mining data on the most recent IPL debutant, who turns up for Singapore, from Sanjay Bangar, and the good producer might need thought it was the suitable time to introduce David to the world. The timing was unimaginable—he was yawning simply when Bangar was waxing lyrical on David’s vitality and depth. Maybe, he was nonetheless jet-lagged, possibly the motion that was unfolding within the center wasn’t thrilling sufficient (Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal have been dealing at a strike price of 130-135 thereabouts, whereas our hero belts at 154), or possibly it was his approach of coping with nerves (yawning, some neuroscientists imagine, is a stress-buster), or possibly it was the sheer restlessness of sitting geared-up for his IPL debut. His wait solely stretched longer, because the openers ate up 13.2 overs. And as a substitute of him, they despatched AB de Villiers subsequent. You might think about how he would have reacted to the choice. With a yawn clearly! To yawn, in any case, is human.

    Back to again wins for @ChennaiIPL! 👏 👏
    A convincing victory for #CSK as they beat #RCB by 6⃣ wickets. 👌 👌 #VIVOIPL #RCBvCSK
    Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/2ivCYOWCBI pic.twitter.com/qKo58oFAJb
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 24, 2021
    The first scoop of enjoyment
    Even as Faf du Plessis shuffled throughout to lap-scoop a pacy supply from Navdeep Saini to the fine-leg boundary, Simon Doull and Murali Kartik on air began to debate who was the inventor of that shot. Doull was the opinion that Zimbabwe’s Flower brothers, Andy and Grant, and Guy Whittall had tried these. Murali Kartik plumped for Douglas Marillier, who swatted Glenn McGrath in an exciting final over in 2001 (he lapped two fours off tried yorkers however Zimbabwe misplaced by a run). Doull cued up Australia’s Ryan Campbell who performed the closest to the modern-day lap in 2002 in opposition to Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Zoysa. “I am just wondering someone in 90s played that shot,” went Doull.
    Hey Doullie, maybe you’re remembering your countryman Dion Nash in 1998. Another final over thriller it was. Shaun Pollock had the ball with New Zealand needing 7 off 2. Nash shuffled a contact in direction of off, bent down and paddled Pollock to fine-leg. The exhilaration on the alternative of shot (Tony Greig on air would handle “what a beautiful little paddle shot!) was brutally cut short as the commentators, players, and umpire started to sweat whether it was a six or a four as it had landed on the rope. Rope meant four then. There were two ropes adjacent to each other which overlapped at one point and after replays, it was judged to be a four (Check the famous cricket YouTuber Robe Linda’s channel to see Nash’s beauty). Nash would hole out to deep midwicket next ball where Lance Klusener took a good running catch and a distraught Nash trudged off. History would perhaps be kinder to him as that “beautiful little paddle shot” was maybe the actual progenitor of the modern-day model of the lap.

  • IPL 2021: CSK off to a flying restart after beating MI by 20 runs

    For the primary 10 overs, the sport adopted a predictable script earlier than it modified and shifted in the direction of Chennai Super Kings’ path. Ruturaj Gaikwad was central to the change, by his stylish batting. Then, Deepak Chahar lived as much as his Powerplay repute, taking a few essential wickets, mixing mind with brawn.
    Without Rohit Sharma on the prime and Hardik Pandya on the loss of life, Mumbai Indians missed the profitable mojo. 156/6 posted by CSK wasn’t a profitable complete. But the diploma of problem is larger for the batsmen in Dubai, with an even bigger outfield and assist for the seamers, in comparison with the venues in India. And as soon as MS Dhoni will get a preventing complete, he’s a grasp of defending it. CSK gained by 20 runs, proscribing MI to 136/8 in 20 overs.

    .@ChennaiIPL WIN by 20 runs and have added 2 extra factors to their tally.#VIVOIPL #CSKvMI pic.twitter.com/qVh9ZfwB2E
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 19, 2021
    Gaikwad’s stylish batting
    Gaikwad’s introduction to worldwide cricket a pair months in the past in Sri Lanka wasn’t a convincing success.
    He made 21 and 14 within the two T20Is he performed. But even throughout these two knocks, his expertise was unmissable, a motive why the younger opener is rated so extremely within the CSK camp. When wickets have been falling round him to start with, Gaikwad confirmed composure. He was able to climate the storm and waited for the spinners to return. Quinton de Kock dropped him on 19 off Rahul Chahar, his solely blemish. He fantastically paced his innings. Kieron Pollard’s tactical error performed to his benefit, however we’d come to that later.
    Pollard, the stand-in MI captain had the benefit of dropping the toss on an unknown floor, contemporary in nature and greenish in look. Dhoni selected to bat first however CSK have been quickly on the again foot. The ball swung a contact and seamed. But to start out with, it additionally received caught on the pitch, which was slightly two-paced.
    The undercooked CSK batsmen, bereft of sport time coming into the second part of the IPL, expectedly discovered it troublesome. Faf du Plessis sliced a shortish Trent Boult supply to vast gully within the first over. Moeen Ali toe-ended one other brief ball from Adam Milne as a result of it arrived late.

    8⃣8⃣* Runs5⃣8⃣ Balls9⃣ Fours4⃣ Sixes
    ICYMI: @Ruutu1331 was on a roll with the bat and performed a fantastic knock. 👏 👏 #VIVOIPL #CSKvMI @ChennaiIPL
    Watch that innings 🎥 👇https://t.co/50DmRGDtAk
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 19, 2021
    A faster one from Milne landed on Ambati Rayudu’s forearm, forcing him to retire damage. Through an agricultural 4 off Boult adopted by his dismissal subsequent ball, Suresh Raina by no means appeared snug and Dhoni unerringly picked the deep sq. leg fielder, trying to tug Milne.
    After 10 overs, CSK have been 44/4 when Gaikwad rose to the problem. The pitch supplied no help to the spinners. Chahar, being a leggie, nonetheless managed to push the odd one by, however Krunal Pandya’s finger-spin was simple choosing for Gaikwad.
    A six and a few fours – one by Ravindra Jadeja – triggered an upward surge. His half-century got here with a 4 towards Pollard. The sweep off Jasprit Bumrah for a six within the ultimate ball of the innings oozed audacity, simply the shot of the match. Gaikwad’s 88 not out off 58 balls was a match-winning effort. His 81-run fifth-wicket partnership with Jadeja (64 balls) gave Dwayne Bravo the license to swing on the loss of life – 23 off eight balls.
    Chahar’s Powerplay bowling
    He received the higher of de Kock with late swing, the ball coming again and trapping the left-hander plumb in entrance, confirmed by DRS. The debutant Anmolpreet Singh’s scalp was a superb piece of cricket. The earlier supply was brief and quick, hitting the batsman on the shoulder. A knuckleball got here subsequent, with Singh taking part in early and the off-stump getting disturbed.
    To defend the full, CSK wanted to take wickets in Powerplay. They took three – Shardul Thakur seeing off Suryakumar Yadav. Chahar completed his first spell with the figures of 3-0-9-2. Towards the top, the medium-pacer suffered a cramp and his workforce absolutely could be involved.
    Dhoni’s captaincy was very good. Ishan Kishan’s wicket was a tactical masterstroke. Raina at brief cowl and Bravo bowling a contact slower outdoors the off-stump was the plan, realizing Kishan’s inclination to play on the up. The wicketkeeper-batsman fell into the entice. Bringing again Josh Hazlewood after Jadeja appeared innocuous in his first over was one other instance. Hazlewood, costly in his first spell, trapped Pollard LBW within the first ball of his second spell.

    A take a look at the Points Table after Match 30 of #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/pucUcEqqOH
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 19, 2021
    MI miss Rohit
    A left knee “discomfort” that surfaced in the course of the Oval Test, stored Rohit out of this sport. MI coach Mahela Jayawardene spoke about “precaution”. The defending champions missed Rohit’s batting and captaincy. When that they had the possibility to seize the sport by the lapels, Pollard let it drift. He gave Bumrah just one over upfront and didn’t deliver him again readily, when the Gaikwad-Jadeja partnership was moving into the groove.
    Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings: 156 for six in 20 overs (R Gaikwad 88 not out, R Jadeja 26, D Bravo 23; A Milne 2/21, J Bumrah 2/33, T Boult 2/35) beat Mumbai Indians: 136 for 8 in 20 overs. (S Tiwary 50 not out, Q de Kock 17; D Bravo 3/25, D Chahar 2/19).

  • IPL 2021, CSK vs MI: Raina will get fast reduction; Bumrah’s sad 100

    It was reduction that screamed on Suresh Raina’s face after he mis-sliced what seemed like a jailbreak try to flee his six-ball torment. The stroke was hideous (to understate it). Raina simply backed away, all three stumps in full view, and simply slammed his bat on the ball, in hope that it might in some way miss every part, or like two balls earlier than, brush his edge to the boundary. But this ball was fuller and shaping away from him. He was maybe anticipating a brief ball. The blind slash ballooned airily into the purpose’s fingers, placing an finish to his distress.

    Broken bat 🙁Wicket gone ☝️
    Trent Boult doubles up Suresh Raina’s agony and the way! 🎥 🔽 #VIVOIPL #CSKvMI
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 19, 2021
    The earlier 5 balls have been Raina-Down-Under throwback, the place his outdated weak point towards the short-pitch ball into his physique was ruthlessly re-examined. He was hopping and hustling on the crease. He appeared genuinely spooked out, and in the long run, it was reduction that his psychological agony was not extended.
    — Sandip G
    Boom goes bust
    Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah in motion towards Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2021. (IPL)
    Rarely does a batsman smear Jaspsit Bumrah over long-off. Ruturaj Gaikwad achieved it, with out straining a sinew. Bumrah floated a slower ball exterior the off-stump, not the floaty, dipping satan that hoodwinked Shaun Marsh, however extensive of the off-stumps, giving Gaikwad the room to swing his arms by way of the road.
    A neat, fluid swing of the blade and the ball floated into the stands, after alluring the boundary riders for a majority of its journey. Gaikwad couldn’t imagine what he had achieved, because the ball wafted into the stands, he gaped his mouth in disbelief and seemed genuinely in trance. For nearly all of the innings, his batting seemed as if in a trance too. It’s not each day {that a} batsman metes out such remedy to Bumrah.
    — Sandip G