Ever since Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at home a couple of days before, MS Dhoni’s batting position for the five-time champions has been the most debated topic than the defeat. Unlike his usual, No.7 slot, MS Dhoni came to bat at no.9 against RCB, a clear indication on him focussing on the balls remaining to decide when he should come out to bat.
While the answer to MS Dhoni new batting position is yet to be found, his former CSK teammate Cheteshwar Pujara ignited the debate with an injury remark. “I definitely feel that he should be batting up the order.
“But I also feel there might be some injury concerns, might be having some niggles and he is just trying to save himself for the rest of IPL,” Cheteshwar Pujara told in a video shared by Star Sports.
Not only Cheteshwar Pujara, but the likes of Ambati Rayudu and Sanjay Manjrekar also opined for MS Dhoni to bat up the order.
How MS Dhoni fared against RCB?
Coming after the dismissal of Ravichandran Ashwin, MS Dhoni played just 16 balls and remained 30 not out, including three fours and two sixes. But it was too late for CSK as they eventually lost the game by 50 runs.
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