"Too Many Dot Balls In...": MS Dhoni Underlines Where CSK Fell Short vs RR

13.04.2023 - 03:09 sports.ndtv.com

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni termed the lull period in the middle overs as the reason for his team's three-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match in Chennai on Wednesday.

Dhoni, who scored 32 off 17 balls, couldn't hit a last ball six but felt that the fate of the match was decided between the 7th to 15th over in which Devon Conway (50 off 38 balls), Shivam Dube (8 off 9 balls) and Moeen Ali (7 off 10 balls) couldn't get going against Ravichandran Ashwin (2/25) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/27). "There was not a lot in it for spinners, but in the middle period, there were too many dot balls.

If the (ball) is stopping and turning off the surface, then it is fine. But that was not the case here," Dhoni said at the post match presentation ceremony. "We (him and Ravindra Jadeja) were the last batting pair, early in the tournament, you can't go hard, keeping the NRR in mind as there were too many overs to go.

We kept it slightly late in the middle overs. We could have taken more singles. And we couldn't go hard immediately," the former India captain said.

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