Mahendra Singh Dhoni showered laud on opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and Dwayne Bravo for their quick-fire 39-run partnership for the 6th wicket because it helped for Chennai Super Kings to reach 156 for 6 in 20 overs.
“At 30 for 4, you want to put up a respectable score. I felt Ruturaj Gaikwad and Dwayne Bravo got us more than we expected. We thought of 140, to get close to 160 was tremendous,” said MS Dhoni
Chennai Super Kings
Therefore, Chennai Super Kings vanquished Mumbai Indians by 20 runs as the Indian Premier League resumed in Dubai.
Thus, Gaikwad batted through the innings to lift Chennai Super Kings from a tricky 7 for 3 to 156 for 6. The late spark was given by Bravo (23 off 8 balls) as CSK recovered from a lamentable start to put up a battling total.
“The wicket was two-paced, slightly slow to start off. Most of them got out to the slowness. If you come later and you want to go hard and that’s why we lost wickets,” said Dhoni.
“Rayudu got injured, so it was tough to come back from there, but we batted sensibly and finished superbly. It was sensible for one batter to bat right through to the end,” he added.
On Rayudu’s injury, Dhoni said: “Rayudu was smiling, so he hasn’t broken his arm. He has four days now and that should help him.”
Chasing 157 on a pitch where the ball regularly stopped on the batsmen, the Mumbai Indians oversaw to score 136 for 8 in 20 overs.
However, Saurabh Tiwary (50 not out) beat scored for the Mumbai Indians.
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