Head Coach Chennai Super Kings Stephen Fleming on Monday indicates the best time for MS Dhoni to come out to bat is from 15 overs onwards. Shikhar DhawanThe Punjab Kings’ undefeated 88 saw the Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings 11 times at Wankhede Stadium here. Ambati Rayudu39 tackles 78 failed attempts as CSK lost its sixth game of the season.
“We lost wicket in the 13th round, which is pretty close to where we’ve seen MS Dhoni come in for the past 13 years. We’ve discussed this a lot, MS’s best time is from about 15 overs or so. go and Jadeja played some good innings for us from the stage, and we don’t rule that out based on 1-2 games,” Fleming said in his post-match press conference.
Regarding the game, Fleming said that when a high-scoring game like the one is on Monday, there are always some twists and turns where the team could have performed better.
“For most of the innings we were in control. But they (PBKS) finished very well,” added CSK’s head coach.
Regarding Rayadu’s hand injury, Fleming said that the first examination was done around the break and the player’s hand was bruised.
“It was just a case of freezing and dropping it and I think a little padding around the glove. It’s also the hand was broken a while back, so it’s still pretty soft and such a knock could obviously do some damage. But fortunately for us it settled down, he played well,” he added.
Fleming said that all Moeen Aliinjured ankle, is in the process of recovery.
“The X-Rays revealed that there were no fractures, which is good. We expect that the recovery will be quick, because there are no fractures,” added the coach.
Coming to the match, Punjab Kings lost their captain Mayank Agarwal early in playing video games. But the 110 showdown between Shikhar Dhawan (88 *) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (42) and some of the hard hits of Liam Livingstone (19), PBKS hit 187/4 at the end of their 20 passes.
Chasing 188, however, CSK keeps dropping points at regular intervals Ruturaj Gaikwadi (30) and Ambati Rayadu ensured that the team crossed the 50-run mark in 7.5 laps. After that, Rayadu (78 years old) continued to attack the Punjab bowling squad, taking the 64-run position with the captain. Ravindra Jadeja (21). The equation dropped to 27 at the end, MS Dhoni tried to get his team over the limit, but was caught by Jonny Bairstow while trying to hit it through the wire.
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Punjab Kings won the match with 11 runs and Shikhar Dhawan was awarded the ‘Best Player’ award for his 88* off 59, which included nine fours and two sixes.
With this win, the Punjab Kings are in sixth place on the scoreboard with eight points while the Super Kings are in ninth place with just four points. PBKS will play against Lucknow Super Giants on April 29 while CSK will play against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 1.
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