If we played from home, the batting unit fared slightly better: MS Dhoni after CSK's victory against LSG | Mint

CSK captain MS Dhoni expressed his opinion on the current performance and strategies of the team, after winning the match against LSG. Win a partnership between Skipper MS Dhoni and Shivam Dube of CSK (Chennai Super Kings) against LSG (Lucknow Supergaints) during the Tata IPL cricket match between LSG vs CSK at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana International Cricket Stage in Lucknow (Hindustan Times) MS Dhoni, Chenna Super Kings ‘(Hindustan) MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings’ (Hindustan) MS Dhoni, Chennai the brilliant beat of 26 runs from 11 deliveries and drove his team to the second win of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Monday (April 14). In the match played at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow, CSK won by five wickets against LSG. CSK is currently placed at the bottom of the scoring table after he managed to win just two of the seven games played. Their performance this season was underwhelming with an NRR of -1.276. Dhoni, who was named player of the match in the collision against LSG, reflected on why his team did not win on their home field. MS Dhoni at Chepauk’s pitch expressed Dhoni that he said the inertia of the field on their home field, the mother Chidambaram Stadium might have contributed to the fight against the fighters. If you see the PowerPlay, whether it was the combination or conditions, we are struggling with the ball. And then we couldn’t get the beginning we wanted as a batting unit. Also the fall of wickets. We lose wickets to some extent at the wrong time. One of the reasons may be that the Chennai wicket is slightly on the slower side. If we played from home, the batting unit fared slightly better. Maybe we should play on wickets that are slightly better, so it will give the fighters the confidence to play their shots. MS Dhoni won a match after a loss of 5 games. Dhoni talked about how important it was to win the match against LSG and how it would increase the confidence of the players. “It’s good to win a game. If you play a tournament like this, you want to win matches. Unfortunately, the earlier games have not done any reasons for whatever reasons. There can be many reasons. It’s good to have a win on our side. Give the whole team confidence and help us improve in areas we want to improve. We all knew it was a difficult game,” he said. “MS Dhoni about the team’s strategy in the game” You don’t want to play shy cricket. We put too much pressure on the ashes. He sat in the first six two overs. We have made changes and it looks like a better attack. As a bowling unit, we did well. As a batting unit, we can do better, “he said. First published: 15 Apr 2025, 12:16 pm Ist