Already on the 13th place on Friday from the daunting Chase Chennai Super Kings’ on Friday they lost Shivam Dube-a seemingly with him, their hope of winning the IPL 2025 against the Royal Challengers Bengalur. A few years ago, when Mrs. Dhoni is still waiting for a bat, CSK fans would believe that their team was able to chase 15-16 runs in this moment.
On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja was fold. With 7.1 exceeding, CSK still needed 117 runs. When Dube went back to the Ma Chidambarama stadium, even the transmitters-they rarely miss the chance to reduce the advertisement and hope to catch the moment Dhoni came to the bat. But the moment did not come. Instead R Ashwin got out of the kick -off. The broadcaster quickly decreased to advertising, while fans-CSK and IPL fans and IPL did not grow confused.
Yes, Ashwin is not a mug with a bat. But with the speed of a request rising around 15, what better option was CSK than Dhoni’s sending? Forget the victory. CSK, more than any other team, should understand the importance of pure running speed, because last year he missed the play -off place with the smallest margins due to their lower NRR.
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Ashwin and Jadeja tried to get any rhythm into the shifts. It was daunting to see CSK all, but to give up Chase already 14 or 15. The duo managed only 19 runs for 3.3 overs. Never looked out the RCB excavation so in peace While he defends a total against CSK.
Ashwin was released on the second ball 16. Through and tried to clean the long boundary. The veteran off-spinner tried to increase the pace, but the slow Chepauk playground did not allow him to accept the RCB bowling attack.
Chepauuk screams like CSK
As soon as Phil Salt has finished the catch for a long time, Chepauuk burst-not disappointing, but to celebrate. Both sets CSK and RCB fans were encouraging Ashwin’s release. RCB supporters were happy when their team approached victory, but CSK believers encouraged another reason: Dhoni finally went to the bat.
Yes, Dhoni deserves every piece of admiration he gets from the crowds throughout India. No one can dictate how fans should celebrate their idol. However, CSK fans applaud Ashwin’s goal, and Dhoni’s encouraging arrival at No. 9 in the long -lost persecution created an unpleasant view on television.
Decibel’s levels rose as Dhoni broke Krunal Pandy to two six in the finals, long after the match slipped away. He put the effort to Krunal in the stalls, and many people left a surprise-did he not do the same when it mattered? What if this six came in 14th place? Wouldn’t it be a rattle Rajat Patidar, the nascent Captain of the RCB leader in Chepauk’s fortress?
“Dhoni came soon,” Virrender Sehwag sorry joked for the commentary Cricbuzz.
“Coaches on CSK have no courage to tell him to break a higher order,” said Manoj Tiberry.
It seems that Dhoni has settled in a role where bats only in the last two or three breaks and trust his abilities to clean the ropes at will. At the age of 43 he structured his training and made his body to suit this approach. But if the team needs urgency earlier in shifts, should not be willing to adapt? After all, it is not a deafening roar in Chepauk, which will take CSK to the playoffs-jich performances on the pitch.
Madness or farce?
Yes, Dhoni’s six must be enjoyed. The man worked tirelessly to maintain his fitness and remained ready for IPL. But what was exhibited in Chepauk was a disturbing-home crowd yelled when their team needed 66 to escape from the last four vans.
“Fans can go home happily now,” Danny Morrison joked after Dhoni’s late Blitz.
Did the CSK fandom really be really limited? Friday’s scenes were not anomaly. In recent years, it has become the norm in Chepauk, since the speculation around Dhoni’s retirement began.
Recently, Angbati Rayudu-One from CSK’s Salwarts between 2018 and 2023 criticized this Dhoni fanaticism in Chennai and warned that it could be harmful to the team.
“It has been happening for several years and quite a few players have felt. Although they haven’t spoken openly about it, many have felt that way. We all love Mrs. Dhoni and we want to see him a bat, but when you go inside and the crowd literally asks you to get out.
“I don’t think it serves well to be honest. Every player gives the team the best,” he added.
When Chepauk stalls were packed for just training in 2018-CSK Grand Return to IPL after a two-year ban-cozing felt legendary. Aura from Dhoni and CSK remained unaffected despite these lost seasons.
There are not many teams as lucky as CSK, capable of filling stadiums on weekdays. Despite the reports that the black market tickets are sold again, the fans continue to flock into the flocks.
But the bigger question remains: are they CSK fans, or just Dhoni fans? Would the well-informed Chennai Crowd’t-Stejný, who gave the permanent ovation to the visiting Pakistani team in 1999,-and encouraged those six in the dead rubber? Are trips to CSK matches now just about vibrations, rather than the game itself?
Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
29. March 2025
Tune
