Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team was successful in defeating Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 45 runs in the 12th match of the 14th season of IPL. The Rajasthan Royals (RR) team were in a good position at one time, but in the 10th over, Jos Buttler hit a six over Ravindra Jadeja, after which the ball had to be changed. After the dry ball instead of the wet ball, the spinners entangled the royals in the spin of the spin and made the team of Chennai heavy.
Chennai has scored 4 points with a better net run rate and is second in the points table. Rajasthan suffered their second defeat in three matches and is at number six.
CSK hit 188 in their 20 overs, but Dhoni played a knock of 18 off 17 balls with the help of two boundaries and the former India skipper did not look very fluent in the middle. “Glad we scored 180, I thought we could have got more. The first six balls I played could have cost us in another game,” Dhoni told host broadcaster Star Sports.
The CSK skipper also gave an insight on how fitness is very important to him and how he needs to maintain his fitness to still compete at this level. “Getting old and being fit — those are two difficult things! When you’re playing you don’t want anyone to call you unfit. I have to keep up with younger guys, they run a lot, but it’s always challenging,” said Dhoni.
The 3-time IPL winner gave his views on the Wankhede pitch on Monday. He observed that the /spinners were getting assistance from the surface – something which hasn’t happened much at Wankhede this season. Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali consigned RR to a capitulate from 87/2 to 95/7 from which they could never recover.
