Chennai, Apr 13 (UNI) Chennai Super Kings(CSK) skipper MS Dhoni has
said that rotating the strike in the middle overs was very important and
expressed happiness with the bowlers’ performance.
Speaking at the post match presentation after CSK lost by three runs to
Rajasthan Royals here last night in a grand stand finish, Dhoni, who led
the side for 200th time, said he was happy with the bowlers and felt that
strike rotation was important in the middle overs.
“I think in the middle (overs) we needed a bit more strike rotation. I don’t
think there was a lot for spinners. Yes, you know they have experienced
spinners. So, they bowled very well and they are bowling the right length”,
he said.
“I felt you know in that period you have too many dot balls. If the wicket
is slow and its stopping and turning then I can understand but you know
with the set batsman, even when the new batsman is going in, I don’t
think it was that difficult”, Dhoni said.
“So, I think the ownership needs to come from the batsman”, he added.
On the team’s narrow loss, the iconic skipper said ““Yeah, slightly I would
say that. Good that we could reach close to the striking distance. Also, you
know we were the last batting pair and early in the tournament you can go
hard.”
“But if you lose a wicket at that point of time you have too many runs on
the board that you need to chase. That really affects the Net run rate and
it can really hamper the chances in the last game”, he said
“You know, when you get to the last leg of IPL. So, I feel we had to keep
it slightly late, but as I said it was not that period it was the period before
that where I felt that we could have taken more singles”, he added.
