On Wednesday, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) succumbed to their fourth defeat in six matches so far in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. But it took just one game for that hope to suddenly come crashing down as most parts of the game against KKR, MS Dhoni and his men well in the reach of winning the match.
Chasing 168 for a win, they were comfortable at 90/1 in 10 overs. Shane Watson played well as he scored his second consecutive half-century. But then, from nowhere it seemed as if the CSK suddenly collapsed. They suddenly made the chase so difficult for themselves, and eventually lost by 10 runs.
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Analyzing the CSK loss, former Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha didn’t put the blame for the loss over the skipper MS Dhoni for the loss, and said that it was a failure of the team, and many individuals.
During a chat with Sports Today, Pragyan Ojha said, “It is not just about the KKR game, but it is about what has been happening since many days [in the CSK unit]. Every time CSK does something that the fans don’t like, they start talking about MS Dhoni. But is it humanly possible for just one individual to be responsible for everything? We cannot just blame him. We have got Kedar Jadhav who is not scoring. He is not looking the way we all expect him to perform.”
A crucial decision that the CSK took on Wednesday was to send Kedar Jadhav after the dismissal of ahead of other power-hitters like Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja. Jadhav came out to bat brought in to bat when CSK needed 39 off 21 balls and ended up scoring nothing in the first five balls that he faced, as the required rate climbed up to 15 an over and he scored just 7 off 12 deliveries.
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Talking about the same, Ojha said, “Also, MS Dhoni came up the order to bat, so he is trying to fill the gaps that are there in the team. There are two big gaps to be filled. One was Suresh Raina, who was there for CSK for so many years. And the second is Jadhav not performing. So, it becomes very difficult for you.”
