RCB vs CSK: MS Dhoni regrets poor batting after Chennai Super Kings lose in Pune

Four-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) stored languishing at ninth within the factors desk after their seventh loss within the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

MS Dhoni of Chennai Super Kings. Courtesy: PTI

HIGHLIGHTSOn Wednesday, CSK misplaced to RCB by 13 runsCSK stored languishing at ninth within the deskThe Super Kings will subsequent face Delhi Capitals

Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni stated that his staff’s batters faltered within the match towards the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday, May 4 on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. After being requested to chase down 174, the Super Kings have been in competition to win the sport for a very long time, however they completed with 160 for the lack of eight wickets.

CSK misplaced the match by 13 runs and stored tottering at ninth within the factors desk within the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). The 40-year-old Dhoni clearly stated that the batters wanted to take extra duty and be circumspect whereas going for his or her pictures. The Jharkhand-born veteran stated that CSK may have gotten nearer to victory had the batters been a bit of extra smart.

EASY TO GET DISTRACTED

“We did well to restrict them to 170 runs. What really let us down was the batsmanship. I feel especially when we are chasing; you know what’s required on the board and what the bowlers are doing. At times you have to curb your instinct and try to see what the situation is demanding rather than just play your shot,” Dhoni said after the match.

“If the batsmanship had been slightly better, maybe in the last few overs we wouldn’t have needed many runs. We got off to a good start. We had wickets in hand and the wicket kept getting better. It’s just that we kept losing wickets at regular intervals. If you take care of those things, chasing is more about calculation and batting first is more about instinct,” he stated.

“As a batter in the middle, you have to decide on those things. We need to keep looking at what went wrong. It’s easy to get distracted by how many points you have. It’s the process that matters more than where you are positioned in the points table. If you take care of those things, then the points table will take care of itself,” Dhoni added.

The Super Kings are subsequent scheduled to face Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals (DC) on Sunday, May 8 on the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai. With 4 matches left within the league stage, it wants a herculean effort from the Yellow Army to qualify for the playoffs.