CSK defend MS Dhoni’s last-ball area placement, Brad Hogg factors out ‘advantage’ by non-striker

Chennai Super Kings misplaced out to Mumbai Indians in a last-ball thriller that went all the way down to the wire on Saturday, however CSK’s area placement for the final ball of the match has come beneath query following the defeat.
With Kieron Pollard (87* off 34 balls) on strike and a pair of wanted to win off the final ball for MI, Dhoni took off his gloves in anticipation of a run out. However, there was no change within the area and bowler Lungi Ngidi ran in to bowl the final ball of the match virtually instantly. Surprisingly, there have been no fielders on the leg facet contained in the circle. This proved to be expensive as Pollard pushed the ball to lengthy on and took a double to take MI house.
CSK head coach Stephen Fleming defended Dhoni’s transfer to have fielders close to the boundary line.
“Pollard is such a good timer of the ball that you never know what he is going to do. Got so much to win, to be honest, we were looking for something like the stumps being hit or like the result we had when we got beaten in the 2019 final,” Fleming mentioned on the post-match digital press convention on Saturday night time.
“I think there are a lot of other instances that we’ll have a look at and analyse rather than just the last ball. The quality of batting in the small grounds with good surfaces is sometimes very hard to defend,” added Fleming.

Sorry once more for my harp. Last night time final ball 2 runs wanted and the non striker once more taking benefit. Is this within the spirit of the sport. #IPL2020 #MIvsCSK pic.twitter.com/HDEwqfSclg
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) May 2, 2021
On the opposite hand, former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg identified the unfair benefit non-striker Dhawal Kulkarni had within the final ball when Ngidi was bowling.
The throw from Faf du Plessis at lengthy on had in reality come to the bowler’s finish, the place Kulkarni had comfortably reached by the point the throw had are available in.