MS Dhoni Scores 17-Ball 16 Against RR, Then Defends Approach Saying…

It was the identical previous story for the Chennai Super Kings as they squared off in opposition to the Rajasthan Royals within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Tuesday. The batting unit carried out in patches whereas the highest order didn’t take advantage of the powerplay as soon as once more. Young weapons like Dewald Brevis and Ayush Mhatre produced tremendous cameos whereas seniors like Ravindra Jadeja and Devon Conway failed to fireside. As the batting unit seemed as much as the legendary MS Dhoni, even the 42-year-old crumbled beneath stress, scoring simply 16 runs from 17 balls.

Over the course of his keep within the center, Dhoni hit only one six earlier than being dismissed. As a consequence, CSK may solely take up their whole to 187/8. After the sport, Dhoni admitted that the lower-middle order was put beneath quite a lot of stress due to the speedy fall of wickets, therefore justifying the style of his batting.

“If you look at the amount of runs we had put on the board, it was very good, but you got to see the wickets column as it puts pressure on the lower-middle order that you might not bat 20 overs. I think Brevis’ innings was very nice, he was taking chances, and I feel the run-rate was nice, that’s the phase we want to improve slightly. I felt the run-rate was u,p but where we lacked was losing 1-2 extra wickets,” Dhoni stated within the post-match presentation ceremony.

With CSK all however set to complete on the foot of the 10-team factors desk, Dhoni has urged his batters to point out extra consistency. The franchise has set its sights on the younger weapons to take cost and turn into the driving power subsequent season.

“I think you need to look for consistency, which is hard to get when you are looking for a 200 strike-rate. The batters need to back themselves. What is important is to be the same way as your first season for all young batters. You need to get more consistent that’s going to help you to develop as a batsman going forward,” Dhoni stated.