CSK acquired caught when MS Dhoni did not get a transfer together with Shivam Dube in 181 chase vs PBKS: Sunil Gavaskar

Batting nice Sunil Gavaskar mentioned it was unlucky that MS Dhoni was not capable of get a transfer on together with Shivam Dube when the younger all-rounder was hitting it massive in Chennai Super Kings’ unsuccessful chase of 181 towards Punjab Kings on Sunday in Mumbai.

CSK suffered their third straight defeat, their worst begin to an IPL season, after a 54-run defeat to PBKS on the Brabourne Stadium. Chasing 181, Chennai acquired off to a horror begin as they have been lowered to 36/5 within the eighth over.

Shivam Dube and MS Dhoni stitched a 62-run stand to regular the ship and hold CSK within the chape with the previous enjoying a superb counter-attacking knock. With 3 sixes and 6 boundaries, Dube hit 57 from simply 30 balls however he fell within the fifteenth over to PBKS leg-spinner Liam Livingstone who had shone with the guess as effectively on Sunday.

Highlighting that Dhoni may have executed higher had he saved the strike shifting throughout his stand with Dube, Gavaskar mentioned even one of the best of batters do discover it troublesome in steep chases.

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Dhoni was reeling at 10 from 20 balls and completed with 23 off 28 after being caught down the leg in Rahul Chahar’s over. CSK have been bowled out for 126 in simply 18 overs, handing PBKS a commanding win.

“With MSD, what you see is that even if he doesn’t start hitting the big ones, he is moving the strike along, getting those ones and twos. He wasn’t quite able to do that this time around. That’s where CSK got stuck just that little bit,” Gavaskar instructed Star Sports.

“If they had a situation where Shivam Dube was hitting the ball so well, they needed to get a move on along with him. That didn’t quite happen. Look at those some of those dot bills that he played, yes, later on, he made up with the boundaries.

“When you want to rating 20 runs an over, that is robust for one of the best of gamers, it is not straightforward.”

Former CSK opener Matthew Hayden echoed Gavaskar’s comments, highlighting the lack of support for Dube.

“It was a high-class innings from Shivam Dube. Unfortunately, nobody may assist him. Even MS was off his recreation a bit of bit with a stroke fee of 80. They have been enjoying catch-up cricket,” he said.

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Meanwhile, Gavaskar said there will tremendous pressure on new captain Ravindra Jadeja after the poor start to their campaign. However, the batting great said all is not over for the defending champions, who he thinks can take inspiration from Kolkata Knight Riders’ run to the final last season.

“Surprise, massive shock. They have all the time been a staff who have been capable of make comebacks. This time they’ve misplaced 3 matches on the trot,” Gavaskar added.

“The new captain will probably be underneath large stress, sure he has acquired MSD to assist him, however on the finish of the day, the buck will cease with him with CSK have not gained something in the intervening time. You want to show it round very, in a short time. They can do it, there are 11 extra video games to go. We noticed what occurred with KKR final 12 months.

CSK have a 5-day break earlier than their subsequent recreation whereby they are going to face SunRisers Hyderabad on the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.