MS Dhoni’s efficiency within the Indian Premier League has been fairly spectacular. The previous Chennai Tremendous Kings skipper has smashed 110 runs in 9 innings at a whopping strike fee of 224.48.
Dhoni’s position within the ongoing season and even in among the earlier ones has been to bat a lot decrease down the order and play the ultimate balls of CSK’s innings. Throughout CSK’s conflict towards Punjab Kings on the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala, the previous CSK skipper got here out to bat even under Shardul Thakur at No.9. Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan was not impressed with CSK and Dhoni’s ways within the workforce’s conflict towards PBKS.
“MS Dhoni batting at No.9 does not work for CSK, it does not assist the workforce’s trigger. I do know that he’s 42, however he’s in stable type. He ought to be taking the accountability of batting up the order. He ought to bat for at the least 4 to five overs. He’s batting for the final over or final 2 overs and that does not serve the aim for CSK for a long run,” Pathan mentioned on Star Sports activities.
Pathan mentioned that CSK may qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs however Dhoni is in type and must bat up the order. “It would occur that we’ll see CSK qualify for the playoffs from right here on and they should win 90 p.c of their video games. As a correct senior man, who’s in type, he must bat up the order. He cannot be doing the identical factor that he has carried out on fairly a number of events,” he added.
Batting first, CSK scored 167/9 of their 20 overs on a floor that performed sluggish and low. Whereas Ajinkya Rahane went for one more low rating of 9. Ruturaj Gaikwad was cautious and scored 32 off the 21 balls earlier than falling to Rahul Chahar. Daryl Mitchell regarded stable for his 19-ball 30 however the knock from Jadeja was the cornerstone in CSK’s batting. His 43 took the workforce to 167/9.
In the meantime, not one of the Punjab batters may hassle the Tremendous Kings within the run chase. Prabhsimran Singh was the top-scorer for his 23-ball 30 with Shashan Singh being the second-highest run-scorer for the hosts along with his 20-run knock.
PBKS’ Enjoying XI:
Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
CSK’s Enjoying XI:
Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson, Tushar Deshpande
