CHENNAI: Skipper MS Dhoni mentioned he had spent enough time at the wicket to grasp the bowling diversifications and unharness his power-packed recreation towards the tip to guide Chennai Super Kings to a match-winning general towards Delhi Capitals on Wednesday.
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CSK were suffering to start with but Dhoni, returning to the aspect after recuperating from a bout of fever, pulled the game away from Delhi Capitals, scoring unbeaten 44 from 22 balls.
CSK scored 21 runs from final over bowled by way of Trent Boult with Dhoni completing with two sixes off final two balls.
"Watch the ball, hit the ball. You've spent time, you know the variations. By the 20th over you're almost ready and you swing at everything," Dhoni mentioned when requested about his last-over exploits.
"It's easier for somebody who has played 10-15 deliveries than someone who has just come in."
Dhoni mentioned the conditions in reality favoured them despite the fact that they lost the toss.
"We knew there wouldn't be much dew. What we've seen is if there's no dew, there's assistance for spinners. But when we started, Bhajju pa didn't get any turn. But as they started losing wickets, it started spinning, it started turning. Cricket is such a game."
Talking about his tremendous fast stumpings, Dhoni mentioned,"I think it's something that's come from tennis ball cricket. But you still have to do the basics and graduate to that level. If you want to keep like that you can make mistakes; so I still think basics are most important."
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who took three wickets, mentioned the wicket helped spinners.
"Obviously I enjoyed bowling, the way the wicket was turning. I was bowling in good areas and the wicket was doing the rest for me," he mentioned.
Asked the way it helps having anyone like Imran Tahir bowling in tandem with him, Jadeja mentioned the South African has been "fantastic"
"He has been taking wickets whenever we needed. Me, Immy bhai and Bhajju pa (Harbhajan Singh) as a unit, we are bowling the way we want to bowl. Still one more game to go. We need to continue our momentum. Everyone is in good form so we just need to keep the winnings momentum."
Jadeja mentioned Dhoni will also be described by way of one phrase and that is 'genius'.
Losing skipper Shreyas Iyer mentioned the defeat was once a "reality check".
"It's really going to affect us. The way we played was not expected. Everybody will be on their toes in the next game. Wouldn't blame the abilities of our team but we didn't play smart cricket. We should have curtailed them," he mentioned.
Iyer mentioned they overlooked anyone like Kagiso Rabada in death over as the South African pacer overlooked out at the recreation due to a back issue
"He's an amazing bowler especially in the slog overs. For sure we missed. But he had a stiff back, it's good he got to take rest. We're keeping the hope and definitely want to finish in the top two."
SCHEDULE I POINTS TABLE
CSK were suffering to start with but Dhoni, returning to the aspect after recuperating from a bout of fever, pulled the game away from Delhi Capitals, scoring unbeaten 44 from 22 balls.
CSK scored 21 runs from final over bowled by way of Trent Boult with Dhoni completing with two sixes off final two balls.
"Watch the ball, hit the ball. You've spent time, you know the variations. By the 20th over you're almost ready and you swing at everything," Dhoni mentioned when requested about his last-over exploits.
"It's easier for somebody who has played 10-15 deliveries than someone who has just come in."
Dhoni mentioned the conditions in reality favoured them despite the fact that they lost the toss.
"We knew there wouldn't be much dew. What we've seen is if there's no dew, there's assistance for spinners. But when we started, Bhajju pa didn't get any turn. But as they started losing wickets, it started spinning, it started turning. Cricket is such a game."
Talking about his tremendous fast stumpings, Dhoni mentioned,"I think it's something that's come from tennis ball cricket. But you still have to do the basics and graduate to that level. If you want to keep like that you can make mistakes; so I still think basics are most important."
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who took three wickets, mentioned the wicket helped spinners.
"Obviously I enjoyed bowling, the way the wicket was turning. I was bowling in good areas and the wicket was doing the rest for me," he mentioned.
Asked the way it helps having anyone like Imran Tahir bowling in tandem with him, Jadeja mentioned the South African has been "fantastic"
"He has been taking wickets whenever we needed. Me, Immy bhai and Bhajju pa (Harbhajan Singh) as a unit, we are bowling the way we want to bowl. Still one more game to go. We need to continue our momentum. Everyone is in good form so we just need to keep the winnings momentum."
Jadeja mentioned Dhoni will also be described by way of one phrase and that is 'genius'.
Losing skipper Shreyas Iyer mentioned the defeat was once a "reality check".
"It's really going to affect us. The way we played was not expected. Everybody will be on their toes in the next game. Wouldn't blame the abilities of our team but we didn't play smart cricket. We should have curtailed them," he mentioned.
Iyer mentioned they overlooked anyone like Kagiso Rabada in death over as the South African pacer overlooked out at the recreation due to a back issue
"He's an amazing bowler especially in the slog overs. For sure we missed. But he had a stiff back, it's good he got to take rest. We're keeping the hope and definitely want to finish in the top two."
By 20th over I was ready to swing at everything: Dhoni
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