A distraught Mahendra Singh Dhoni has expressed his helplessness at Chennai Super Kings’ prolonged poor run within the ongoing Indian Premier League and stated it is tough for a group to get the specified outcome when four-five gamers lose type on the identical time.
CSK misplaced to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets right here on Friday (April 25, 2025) after one other shoddy batting effort from the hosts, the outcome dealing a near-fatal blow to their play-off probabilities.
Bowled out for 154, CSK noticed the guests attain their goal with eight balls to spare.
“In a tournament like this, if you have one or two areas where you can plug in the holes, it is good. But if majority of your players are not doing well, it becomes very difficult,” Dhoni stated on the post-match press convention.
CSK, who’re recognized to keep continuity in group alternatives through the years, have fielded round 19 gamers in 9 video games to date, and Dhoni stated he had no possibility however to discover numerous mixtures.
“Because you have to do a few changes, but if majority are doing well then you give those guys that extra few games and if it doesn’t work out than you move onto the next one. But if four of them are not performing at the same time, you are bound to make that change, because you can’t just keep on going,” Dhoni added.
CSK’s worst IPL season
CSK have had one among their worst IPL seasons and are presently positioned on the backside of the factors desk with seven defeats. What is worse is that 4 of these losses have come at Chepauk, which remained their fortress for the longest time.
Bit it foreigners reminiscent of Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Sam Curran or Indian gamers like Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda and Vijay Shankar, none of them may step up within the first 9 video games.
Dhoni recognized the batters’ failure to assault spinners within the center overs as one of many large causes for the dismal present and felt that South African teenager Dewald Brevis could be an important cog going ahead.
Brevis scored 42 in opposition to SRH, however extra importantly, seemed good in opposition to the spinners.
“I think he (Brevis) batted really well and we need something like that in the middle order, where we have slightly struggled when the spinners come in, that’s a time we need to either you do it by batsmanship, where you pick up your areas or try to play the big shot in your area.
‘Not a justifiable score at Chepauk’
“I really feel that is the place we have now been missing and never been actually ready to dominate or get runs in opposition to spinners at good tempo within the center. Because we’re not placing sufficient runs on the board, as a result of it’s important proper now, the sport has modified.
“I am not saying it is always 180-200, but assess the conditions and then look to put the runs on the board,” Dhoni stated, his frustration and anger fairly palpable.
He made no bones about CSK’s failure with the bat on Friday, saying the pitch was good for stroke-making and the overall was approach beneath par.
“We kept losing wickets, and in the first innings the wicket was slightly better and 155 is not a justifiable score, because it wasn’t turning a lot. Yes, after the 8-10th over, it became slightly two-paced when it comes to the fast bowlers, but nothing that was out of the ordinary.
“I really feel we may have put few extra runs on the board. Yes, second innings there was a little bit of assist, our spinners the standard was there they usually bowled in the best areas and it was stopping a bit however we had been quick by 15-20 runs,” he concluded.
Published – April 26, 2025 11:33 am IST
