Mumbai. Even in the new season of the Indian Premier League, former Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is seen in his old colors. In the match played against Mumbai Indians on Sunday, he hit three consecutive sixes to Hardik Pandya in the last over. Chennai’s bowling consultant Eric Simmons has revealed that if there was anyone else in front of Dhoni, he would have hit him for sixes too. He has put the reason behind doing this in front of everyone.
Eric Simmons said that his bowlers bowl death overs against Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the strategies that were successful against him in training sessions work well during the match as well. Dhoni came to bat on the last four balls of Super Kings’ innings and by hitting sixes on the first three balls, he helped the team score 26 runs in the last over of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya on Sunday night.
His unbeaten inning of 20 runs in four balls proved to be the difference in the end and after defeating Mumbai Indians by 20 runs, the Super Kings team reached the third position in the points table. “They were looking to restrict us to under 200 runs and then suddenly they were facing 206 runs with an over like that,” Simmons said after the match. He keeps surprising us every time. It is not easy to go there and hit a six on the very first ball and then continue batting like that.
He said, “But he is batting brilliantly in the nets… Another incredible moment from Mahendra Singh Dhoni.” Former India bowling coach Simmons said that as a batsman, Dhoni has shown his bowling skills in the death overs for CSK. Are ideal for testing. Simmons said, “His patience on the wicket… we practice against him in pre-season training when we bowl in the death overs because he is very good at it. If we can test our strategies against them then we know we are going to do well.
Simmons admitted that Dhoni is struggling with a knee injury but he has faced it bravely without showing any pain. “Everyone is more interested in his injuries than him,” he said. He is one of the toughest people I have ever met. I don’t think we even know the extent of the pain he can experience. He just keeps moving forward and does his job.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 15, 2024, 16:52 IST