New Delhi. More than half the matches of IPL 2022 season have been done. In such a situation, as this season progresses, the enthusiasm for the playoff match is increasing among the spectators. Now at this time the equations of Dhoni reaching Chennai Super Kings in the playoffs have become the most complicated. Let us tell you that Ravindra Jadeja captained the Chennai Super Kings at the beginning of this season. But the performance of the team was not good under his captaincy. After which he requested Dhoni for the captaincy and Dhoni accepted it. Jadeja linked the reason for leaving the captaincy with his personal performance and said that captaincy is affecting his game and he is not able to do both his departments, batting and bowling properly.
Now the captaincy has come in the hands of Dhoni. Ever since Dhoni took over the reins of Chennai, the team has been able to perform well. There was a match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals on Sunday evening. Chennai won this match and this was their fourth win out of their 11 matches so far. However this is disappointing. In this match, Dhoni’s team defeated Delhi by a huge margin of 91 runs. Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl. Batting first, Chennai team made a huge score of 208 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Devon Conway made 87 off 49 balls and Rituraj Gaikwad scored 41 runs off 33 balls. In reply, Delhi’s team was reduced to just 117 runs. Chennai’s Conway was adjudged the Player of the Match for his brilliant innings.
The road to playoff is not easy
Chennai will now have to fight hard to reach the playoffs. For this, it will be necessary for Chennai to win the remaining three matches. When captain Dhoni was asked about this, he said, “I think the only thing to think about right now is what you can do in the next matches. If we reach the playoffs, nothing can be better than this. But if we don’t make it to the playoffs, the world won’t end here.”