There had been too many dot balls in heart overs: MS Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni termed the lull interval throughout the heart overs because the rationale for his crew’s three-run defeat in direction of Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match proper right here on Wednesday.

Dhoni, who scored 32 off 17 balls, couldn’t hit a last ball six nonetheless felt that the future of the match was decided between seventh to fifteenth over by which Devon Conway (50 off 38 balls), Shivam Dube (8 off 9 balls) and Moeen Ali (7 off 10 balls) couldn’t get going in direction of Ravichandran Ashwin (2/25) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/27).

“There was not a lot in it for spinners, but in the middle period, there were too many dot balls. If the (ball) is stopping and turning off the surface, then it is fine. But that was not the case here,” Dhoni acknowledged on the submit match presentation ceremony.

“We (him and Ravindra Jadeja) were the last batting pair, early in the tournament, you can’t go hard, keeping the NRR in mind as there were too many overs to go. We kept it slightly late in the middle overs. We could have taken more singles. And we couldn’t go hard immediately,” the earlier India captain acknowledged.

On hitting three large sixes, Dhoni acknowledged that he waited for the bowler to commit errors.

“I don’t fancy too many things. I just wait for the bowlers to commit a few errors. The bowler was slightly under pressure in the last over. You need to back yourself. My strength is to look to hit straight.” He was moreover upset that his batters couldn’t cash in on the dew difficulty.

“We observed the amount of dew, and after the first few overs, it grew to turn into comparatively easy. We should have achieved larger with the bat.

“Overall, the bowlers did well. [On 200 games as captain] I am not big on milestones. How does it matter if it is 199 or 200. It is a compliment to play 200 games. Thanks to almighty. But as I said nothing special,” he acknowledged.

Winning skipper Sanju Samson credited his facet’s bowlers for staying calm even as a result of the match grew to turn into tense within the path of the tip.

“The bowlers saved their cool on the end and bowled very nicely, we moreover held on to our catches. I don’t have good reminiscences at Chepauk, under no circumstances gained proper right here and wished to win within the current day.

On Dhoni’s quick hearth innings, Samson acknowledged “Last two overs were tensed, I tried to push it deep but you are never safe with that guy (Dhoni). You have to have respect for that guy and to what he can do. Nothing works against him.”