IPL 2021: Our Players Have Worked Hard And Understood Their Roles And Responsibilities

MS Dhoni, the Chennai Tremendous Kings skipper, heaped excessive praises on his gamers for turning round their final season’s dampness to clinching the top-of-the-table spot this season following their 6-wicket win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.

MS Dhoni elected to bowl first, maintaining in thoughts the dew issue. CSK had been set a goal of 157, which they chased down with 11 balls to spare.

The CSK captain talked in regards to the sensible comeback his bowlers made after RCB’s 111-run opening stand.

“We had been apprehensive in regards to the dew and we noticed that final season. They obtained off to an excellent begin and after the eighth or ninth over, the pitch slowed down a bit. Jadeja’s spell was very essential particularly with the way in which Padikkal was batting from one finish,” MS Dhoni mentioned on the post-match convention. 

“I instructed Moeen that he would bowl from one finish throughout drinks, however then I modified my thoughts. I made a decision Bravo ought to bowl as a result of the extra you delayed him, the tougher it was on condition that he’d must bowl 4 straight overs in these troublesome situations.”

Final yr, the Tremendous Kings missed the playoff spot for the primary time. They’ve circled their fortunes and now are one victory away from fixing their berth for the playoffs. He credited his facet for adapting to the situations this time within the UAE.

“Our gamers have labored onerous and understood their roles and duties. All three grounds listed below are totally different. This one is the slowest of the lot,” he mentioned.

On switching the batting place of Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni defined that he needed to maintain the left-right mixture within the middle-order.

“I felt the left-right mixture right here was vital with the bat. We bat deep with quite a lot of lefties and all of them are good to bat at any place, which is why we pushed Raina and Rayudu down.”

Bravo is match and executing them effectively: MS Dhoni

Dwayne Bravo was named the Man of the Match for his sensible figures of three/24. He ceased RCB’s momentum within the second half of their innings. MS Dhoni is pleased to his ‘brother’ carry out so effectively.

“Bravo is match and executing them effectively. I name him my brother and we at all times have fights over whether or not he ought to bowl the slower ball. However now everybody is aware of that he has the slower ball, so I instructed him to bowl six totally different balls in an over,” the CSK captain concluded.

Subsequent, CSK journey to Abu Dhabi the place they are going to tackle Eoin Morgan’s Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday afternoon.

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