Former Indian cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar reckons that the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper, MS Dhoni needs to correct some clinical issues in the team in order to get the team on the line in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. CSK is currently standing at the bottom of the points table after suffering 2 successive losses 3 games this season. One of the most popular teams in the league, CSK was often been trolled for their poor performance against Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals last week.
CSK has also been missing the services of Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh, who decided to skip IPL 2020 due to personal reasons. CSK have also missed Ambati Rayudu in their last two matches as he suffered an injury but is likely to be back in the playing XI very soon.
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Describing the same in his column for Times of India, Manjrekar wrote, “Chennai Super Kings as a team has rarely been under pressure in the league stage. Even their die-hard fans have gone quiet on social media, they seem a little concerned. They look towards MS Dhoni for salvation. Chennai’s approach has been very unique in the tournament, it’s a team that is the opposite of Mumbai, who have virtually every member in their team capable of winning a T20 game on their own.”
Manjrekar also pointed out how Dhoni needs to iron out the flaws in the team before their next match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Friday.
Explaining the same, Sanjay Manjrekar said, “Any other captain would not be able to extract what Dhoni does from this team and when Chennai eventually have to look at life beyond Dhoni we may see a completely different structure of the team, unless Dhoni still remains the cricket nerve centre of the franchise, then maybe not.”
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He further added, “But this would be interesting to see this in the coming years. For now, Dhoni has some small, clinical cricketing issues to sort out – on a good pitch he must have an additional bowling option, most teams are now starting to do that. At Chennai they could afford to rely on Jadeja to bowl his 4, in UAE for now at least, it’s an unreliable tactic.”
