Match 52 of the continued IPL 2025 (Indian Premier League) turned out to be an absolute humdinger because it went all the way down to the wire. Notably, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) hosted the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) on the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, Might 3.
After being set a difficult goal of 214 runs, CSK had a blazing begin earlier than Shaik Rasheed was dismissed with the rating at 51. Thereafter, it was the Ayush Mhatre present, who missed out on a well-deserved century by a whisker. Though all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja dug in at one finish, CSK saved shedding wickets at common intervals. In consequence, within the closing stage of the sport, they did not cross the road and went down combating, shedding the match by simply two runs.
Nevertheless, after the match, CSK captain MS Dhoni‘s gesture turned the headline. He mirrored on his workforce’s underwhelming efficiency, which has continued in IPL 2025. Fairly surprisingly, he took duty for the loss upon himself somewhat than blaming the remainder of the gamers. Dhoni stated that he might have made the distinction by contributing extra with the bat, by changing singles or dot balls into boundaries. Consequently, this might have eased the workforce’s stress throughout the run chase. He additionally lauded Romario Shepherd, who utterly took aside CSK’s bowling along with his brutal hitting.
“I felt I ought to have transformed a few extra photographs and eased the stress, so I’ll take the blame for it. Shepherd within the dying overs was glorious – no matter we had been bowling, he was in a position to hit it for max runs,” Dhoni stated throughout the post-match presentation.
Moreover, he pressured the significance of executing yorkers to perfection to make life troublesome for batters, particularly in high-pressure conditions. He gave the instance of Matheesha Pathirana, saying the pacer has ample variations to include the opposition. Nevertheless, if he fails to nail the yorkers towards a well-set batter, he’s most definitely to go for giant runs.
Dhoni highlights bowling challenges and batting classes
MS Dhoni additionally stated that his batters lack follow in taking part in unorthodox photographs just like the paddle sweep. Although he felt Ravindra Jadeja does play it at instances, different batters nonetheless must catch up. He signed off by saying that the workforce must be taught from these experiences to develop right into a stronger unit.
“We have to practise extra yorkers. As a rule, when the batters begin to join, it’s important to depend on the yorkers. When you can not nail the yorker, the low full toss is the following most suitable choice. Somebody like Pathirana—he has the tempo, he can bowl the bouncer as properly—and if he misses the yorker, the batter has an opportunity to hit it,” the CSK skipper continued.
“Not all batters are comfy taking part in that (the paddle) shot. It’s one thing the batters must practise within the trendy period. However most of our batters usually are not comfy taking part in it. Jadeja performs that shot, however he was backing his photographs down the bottom extra. Batting was an space the place we had been barely behind. However at this time, as a division, I really feel the batting did very properly,” Dhoni concluded.
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