'Stay Humble': MS Dhoni after CSK’s win over KKR

Mumbai, April 22: With Chennai Super Kings surviving few nail-biting moments last night against Kolkata Knight Riders, they went for an 18-run win over KKR. Soon after the match, MS Dhoni revealed that even they had put lots of runs on the scoreboard he advised his teammates to be humble.

 

 

Batting first, CSK posted a score of 220/3 after being asked to bat and then reduced KKR to 31/5. Andrew Russell (54) and Pat Cummins (66 not out) went on a six-hitting spree to keep KKR in the hunt before being bowled out for 202 in 19.1 overs.

 

In the post-match presentation, Dhoni said that his job had in fact become "quite easy" towards the end of the game as the battle was mainly between the fast bowlers and the big hitters. "Quite easy in a game like this. From the 16th over onwards the contest was between the fast bowler and the batsman. You can’t do too much. Can’t put a different field. It’s about you vs me. The side that has won is a side that has executed slightly better," he said.

 

 

"You don’t want to take too many early wickets. Big hitters coming in, 200 runs, there’s only one way they’ll play. Not much you can do. The only option was Jadeja. It was turning, was a bit dry."

 

"If they would’ve had more wickets, could’ve been different. Have seen enough in cricket, always like to be humble. There’s no good reason if you have scored, the opposition can’t score. My lines to the players was that we have got good runs on the board but let’s be humble," he added.

 

 

Lauding youngster Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dhoni said, “The batting has been really good. Rutu is somebody who has shown his class in the last IPL. You always need to assess where he is mentally. Once when he was off guard, I just asked him how are you feeling today. When you put a question like that, you wait for the reactions, you see what’s in his eyes. There was enough in his reactions to suggest he wasn’t rattled. That’s what I’ve been doing all my life (applying psychology) but in a good way."