IPL 2021: Former Indian player Gautam Gambhir has said that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni may battle to score rapidly in IPL 2021. As he has resigned from worldwide cricket.
Final year, Dhoni announced his retirement from universal cricket after more than a year away from the field. Since at that point, his bat hasn’t done much talking. Since IPL 2020, MS Dhoni has averaged 21.5 with the bat, striking at a strike rate of 117. He has batted much lower in the order but with little success.
Gautam Gambhir, one of the heroes of India’s 2011 World Cup final triumph nearby MS Dhoni.
MS Dhoni
“MS Dhoni was a player who would’ve actually batted at number 4 or 5, but we’ve seen in the first leg that he normally bats at number 6 or 7. There are times when he’s actually pushed Sam Curran before him as well,” he said
The reason behind this is that he’s probably trying to be a mentor and a wicketkeeper who can lead the side and keep wickets. If the situation comes to a point where he probably has to play 8 or 10 balls, he can just go out there and whack them.” he added
“It’s going to be difficult for him because once you are not playing international cricket, IPL is a very difficult tournament; it’s not like CPL and other leagues. IPL is where you face top-quality bowlers. For me. I think the biggest challenge for CSK will be that the top-order needs to fire because that’s not the case (with MS Dhoni) anymore.” he stated
CSK has sufficient capability in their batting unit. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis have got the group off to great begins, Moeen Ali and Suresh Raina lookout of the center arrange, though Ravindra Jadeja has effectively slipped into the finisher’s part that was once MS Dhoni’s.
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