Stephen Fleming confirmed that MS Dhoni was down with a knee injury against Rajasthan Royals (Sportzpix)
CSK coach Stephen Fleming confirmed that MS Dhoni was down with a knee injury during Chennai Super Kings’ 3-run loss to Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2023.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming gave a big bang confirming this on Wednesday M S Dhoni Struggling with knee injury. Former has raised questions on Dhoni’s fitness CSK veteran Matthew HaydenAnd now Fleming has now given a big update on Thala’s fitness.
Dhoni hit 2 sixes in the final over against Rajasthan Royals, however, the 41-year-old could not guide his team to victory as CSK lost to RR by 3 runs following a final over from Sandeep Sharma.
While the Royals pacer started his over with two wides, CSK needed 21 runs to win with six balls to spare. In this over, the four-time champions needed five runs from the last ball to win.
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‘Thala’ Dhoni could only collect one and CSK suffered their second defeat of the IPL 2023 season, however, what will worry fans more is that their legendary skipper is not at his peak fitness.
“He is nursing a knee injury, which you can see in some of his movements. It is hampering him to some extent. His fitness has always been very professional. He comes a month before the start of the tournament . He’s a great player. We never doubted that. He’s amazing,” Fleming said at the post-match press conference.
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Despite nursing a knee problem, Dhoni played a quickfire 32 off only 17 balls, but CSK eventually lost by a very close margin.
While Fleming confirmed the knee issue troubling Dhoni, the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman is unlikely to miss any games for CSK as the coach did not mention about the severity of the injury.
Chennai Super Kings return to action on Monday, April 17, when they travel to Bengaluru to take on Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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