Chennai: M S Dhoni He has always been a risk taker and even at the end of his playing career, he does not shy away from taking one. In fact it was a similar risk he took on Sunday against Delhi Capitals who paved the way Chennai Super Kings For making IPL The last.
Despite struggling with the bat during the tournament, the CSK skipper decided to push himself from in-form Ravindra Jadeja He was dismissed for 24 runs in 11 balls. It seemed like a gamble to most of the coaches Stephen Fleming It left “he looked in the eye and said he wanted to go in”. But like most of Dhoni’s famous decisions like promoting himself before the 2011 World Cup final Yuvraj Singh Or there was a way in his madness while bowling Joginder Sharma in the last over of the 2007 T20 final.
Dhoni’s recent struggle has been mostly against spin and according to sources, if any spinner gets a chance to bowl in the last two overs, he would not go in. “Dhoni has been playing the fast bowlers very well even in practice… His problem has been spin, especially wrist spin and mystery spin. But yesterday (Sunday) he knew that when he went to bat, someone was bowling a spinner. will not,” the source said.
The captain himself gave a more simplistic explanation of his decision, saying that he “wasn’t thinking much”. “Yes, my innings was important. Delhi have a very good bowling attack and they have exploited the conditions well, so we knew it would be tough. I haven’t done much in the tournament, so wanted to look for the ball. And see what the bowler can do. But I wasn’t thinking too much because if you think too much while batting you mess up your plans.” Dhoni said.
One understands that Dhoni felt that he had the power to clear long boundaries of a fast bowler Avesh KhanWhich he did on the fifth ball of the 19th over. And the CSK team management guessed that medium-pacer in the dug-out tom curran Will be bowling the last over.
“We knew Delhi Capitals would not risk Kagiso Rabada in the last over as the chances of the ball flying over the fence would have been high.
The team celebrated its ninth entry in the final after Dhoni got his final touch back and coach Stephen Fleming felt it was “emotionally great” for the team.
“We wish him (well) every time he goes out, we know what pressure he’s under and what to expect every time he goes out and once again he’s Trump Come on. It was emotional in the changing room, that’s very important. Also, the captain had the opportunity to do that for us,” Fleming said.
Despite the Sunday high, it is not certain whether Dhoni will promote himself ahead of Jadeja or Dwayne Bravo in the final.
If given a chance to bowl a spinner at death, the CSK captain may leave his hero Jadeja to do the job. “It is purely a matter of reacting to the circumstances and we have to see what we are up against,” the source said.
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