Chennai: There’s a new “NO. 9” in the city. Mrs. Dhoni made her career out of the box, but on Friday evening at the stadium Ma Chidambarama seemed to stretch too far.
When the goals fell and CSK lost steam in their pursuit in 197, the fans were increasingly impatient. They wanted to see their “Thala” to come out and take the RCB pitching, but the waiting continued. It was only after Ravichandran Ashwin, not exactly Swashbuckler, got in the 16th place that Dhoni entered No. 9, probably the lowest thing he fired in his 18 -year -old iPL career.
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Not that he was burning badly. The 16-míč 30* was the indicator that its ability to clean the boundary did not excess exactly. In fact, it was his late explosion 19 of Krunal Pandya, who lowered the edge of the defeat to 50. But what keeps him back? Obviously, Dhoni is “Fitter than what has been in the last two years” when he played with his knees and muscle tears. His skills of the goal are only improving – the pump Phil Salt was a piece of beauty on Friday – but there is a strange reluctance to go up after order with the bat.
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Virender Sehwag was quite critical of his decision of the bat No. 9. Sehwag said in the show after the match.
However, Think-Tank CSK has a different view of the problem. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was asked before the first game against the Indians in Mumbai if there is a reason for promotion in the order of batting for Dhoni. “MSD is playing a specific role and doing it very well. It is unlikely to change,” he said.
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He meant that Dhoni is still extremely dangerous at the business end of shifts, where his ability to clean the fence and the factor of fear that generates is beautifully combined to strengthen the sums of CSK. Last year, in these short explosions, Dhoni detonated 220.54 and the CSK team also wants the same impact this time.
Although the legend has maintained its body well, there is always a modest suspicion that too much run between goals can only lead to damage to the aging body that lasted a lot of wear. IPL is a two-month journey, and the team wants him to be fully fit when things are really tight on the back-end.
Don’t be surprised if CSK is on Sunday in 15th place against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati and Dhoni comes to bat. “Dhoni made a good pre -season season, worked on his intervening and maintaining skills,” coach Stephen Fleming said.
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