IPL 2019 | As a captain, you can’t push your players too much, reveals MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni was all praise for his team after they pulled off back-to-back wins in their first two games of the 12th edition of the IPL after they beat Delhi Capitals away from home by six wickets. Meanwhile, losing captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that his side fell short by 10-15 runs on Tuesday.
Chennai Super Kings made it two wins in two games after beating Delhi Capitals by six wickets at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. The home team registered a total of 147/6 after 20 overs which the visitors chased down with three balls to spare.
Once again, it was a team effort by the yellow brigade which saw them pull off a win in last night’s low-scoring encounter. However, Chennai captain MS Dhoni identified one area that his team needs to work on - fielding. The average age of CSK is above 32 and the World Cup winner admitted that they cannot be a great fielding outfit but can make it up in batting and bowling.
“I don’t think we will be a very good fielding side and that is something we have to accept, but we can certainly be a safe fielding side – we need to work on that.
“As a captain, you don’t want the XI to push too hard and get injured during the course of the tournament. We will be bleeding a few runs but if they can use their experience with bat and ball, it will work out for us. We haven’t seen a lot of death (overs) in the last couple of games and the fast bowlers, so plenty of areas to work on, but still a good victory for us,” Dhoni said at the post-match presentation.
Meanwhile, losing captain Shreyas Iyer said that his side fell short by 10-15 runs against the defending champions on Tuesday. However, Iyer added that there’s still a lot of games left in the tournament and is hopeful that his side will recover soon from the setback.
“For the new batsman, pitch was really tough. I usually don’t have trouble starting against spinners but today it was turning and holding up. Our best batter Rishabh Pant also found it tough," the Delhi skipper said.
“The wicket was slow and that’s why I decided to bat first. We were 10-15 runs short. I wouldn’t blame the batting. We could have restricted them in the powerplay. There are a lot of games remaining and this is just the beginning. Lots of positive to take out from this match."
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