Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday warned his bowlers in opposition to bowling no balls and wides within the upcoming IPL matches, saying in the event that they do, they must play underneath a brand new captain.
CSK beat Lanka Super Giants by 12 runs at house however Dhoni’s wayward bowling left him unimpressed as his staff bowled three no balls and 13 wides, although LSG ultimately reached 205 for 7 chasing 218 remained restricted.
He mentioned, ‘He must bowl no ball and fewer extensive. We are bowling too many further balls and wish to cut back that in any other case they may play underneath a brand new captain,” Dhoni pointedly mentioned within the post-match presentation.
Dhoni mentioned he was stunned on the variety of runs scored on the Chepauk pitch on Monday.
“It was a terrific recreation, excessive scoring recreation. We have been all questioning how the wicket would maintain. We had that doubt. It was a excessive scoring recreation. Overall I feel it was an ideal first recreation that occurred and it was 5 or It was packed for the primary recreation in 6 years since we have been right here.
“I believed it might decelerate loads. It was a wicket the place you can rating runs however total it slowed down a bit. We’ll need to see the way it performs out within the subsequent six video games at house however hopefully we’re right here Can rating. Dhoni mentioned that his staff’s quick bowling division additionally wants some enchancment and must bowl in keeping with the circumstances.
“Even if it’s on the flatter side, force the batsmen to hit the fielders.” Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul mentioned that his staff’s begin was not splendid after successful the toss and welcoming CSK to bat.
“The bowlers said it was sticky and moving a bit so there was something in it for them but they didn’t bowl it in the right areas. When you have quality batsmen in the opposition, they will make you pay,” Rahul mentioned.
“When you bowl first on a contemporary wicket, it takes some time to grasp what’s the greatest tempo and line to bowl on that wicket.
“(Devon) Conway and Ritu (Ruturaj Gaikwad) performed some nice photographs so it’s one thing for us to be taught from and get higher at. Six overs going for 70 in all probability price us the sport in the long run, however I can not inform one factor. Rahul mentioned that there have been phases within the recreation when his staff couldn’t win and let it get out of hand.
“Kyle Meyers has come by way of with some actual good kind. I used to be watching a couple of matches that West Indies performed and he was smoking the ball. It’s good to see him coming right here with the identical angle.
“In Lucknow, he hit the ball a mile and he did the identical immediately. Good to see what he did with the chance. Bish (Ravi Bishnoi) additionally did very nicely. It is sweet to see particular person gamers placing their fingers as much as give us one of the best likelihood of successful video games and that’s one thing for us to look ahead to within the match. Rahul mentioned that LSG began very well and initially we have been heading in the right direction.
But we misplaced a couple of wickets and saved the stress on. It just isn’t typically that you just get 4 or 5 batsmen caught on the boundary. If just a few of them had completed, we might have been on the successful facet. Sometimes in T20 the margin just isn’t in keeping with you.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
