"MS Dhoni Doesn't Have Magic Wand..." Stephen Fleming's Fiery Reply On CSK's Poor Form In IPL 2025

Ahead of his side's away game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming said that after five successive losses, the five-time champions will be working with stand-in skipper MS Dhoni to turn things around, but the legend is not a "soothsayer" and does not have a "magic wand". The fourth-placed LSG (with four wins and two losses in six games) will be aiming to continue their fine home run against a bottom-placed CSK, who have secured just one win in six matches so far.

After their win in the campaign opener against Mumbai Indians (MI), they went on to suffer five successive losses, with three of them coming at the home venue of Chepauk Stadium. In their previous match against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at home, they could make just 103/9 and the target was hunted down in just 10.1 overs, marking their worst batting show at Chepauk.

Fans have had the joy of catching Dhoni bat for longer periods, but their top-order consisting of Rachin Ravindra (149 runs in six matches with a fifty), Devon Conway (94 in three matches with a fifty) and Rahul Tripathi (46 runs in four matches), middle-order batters Vijay Shankar (109 in four matches with a fifty), Shivam Dube (137 runs in six innings) and Deepak Hooda (seven runs in three matches) have not clicked the way fans would have liked them too.

Even skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (122 runs in five matches with two fifties) was enduring a lean run after a fine start before being hit by an elbow injury that would rule him out of the season. In six matches so far, Dhoni has been the fourth-highest run-getter for the team with 104 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 146.47. Often, after underperformance of the top and