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18 SPORTS Friday, September 25, 2020 The Indian Weekender PL 2020: MS Dhoni explains the reason behind batting at No. 7 for CSK against RR On Tuesday night, in a stiff chase of the 217-run target set by Rajasthan Royals, it was pretty baffling to see MS Dhoni not bat up the order and reserve himself to No. 7 during the Chennai Super Kings innings. With CSK at one stage reduced to 77/3 in the ninth over, the stage was set for Dhoni to take centre stage before unleashing ‘the finisher’ in him. But instead, Dhoni let Ruturaj Gaikwad and Kedar Jadhav bat ahead of him. After the match, Dhoni explained the reason behind keeping himself at No. 7, saying he wanted to give opportunities to others knowing that he hasn’t batted in a long time. Sam Curran, who had a crucial role to play with the bat against Mumbai Indians, was sent at No. 4 again. In the end, Faf du Plessis played a magnificent knock of 72 off 27 balls but it wasn’t enough for CSK to get over the line in Match 4 of the IPL 2020 “I haven’t batted for a long time. 14- day quarantine doesn’t help (why he "Once you’ve seen the first innings, you know the length to bowl. Their spinners did well to bowl away from the batsman." isn’t batting higher). Also wanted to try different things, give opportunities to Sam. Have the opportunity to try different things. If it doesn’t work, you can always go back to your strengths. Faf adapted very well. Something the batsmen will do, neglect square leg and go more towards long-on and long-off,” Dhoni said after the match. Dhoni eventually finished with 29 off 17 balls, including hitting a hat-trick of sixes in the final over bowled by Sam’s brother, Tom Curran. Earlier, in reply to RR’s total, CSK’s opening pair of Murali Vijay and Shane Watson had put on 56 in 6.3 overs, but Dhoni reckoned his team needed an even better start. “With 217 on the board, we needed a very good start which was not the case. "Steve and Samson batted very well. Need to give credit to their bowlers,” Dhoni said. “Once you’ve seen the first innings, you know the length to bowl. Their spinners did well to bowl away from the batsman. Our spinners made the error to bowl too full. If we would’ve maybe restricted them to 200, it would’ve been a good game.” IPL 2020, RR VS CSK: Why Royals and Steve Smith should be scared of Ravindra Jadeja The clash between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah on Tuesday will pit two old rivals against each other. Rajasthan Royals beat CSK to win the maiden title, but have found the going tough in the league ever since. They have a clutch of international stars who could propel them to the playoffs but they need to win consistently and against tougher opposition. But CSK has a vice-like grip on the rivalry in IPL, having won 14 times and lost only 7 times against the Royals. One man who had played a crucial part in these victories is former Royals all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja impressed everyone with his all-round skills in the first two seasons while turning out for the Royals. This led to a controversial transfer to CSK, which resulted in the cricketer being banned for the 2010 tournament. But Jadeja has been a force to reckon with for CSK from the 2011 season, winning the title twice with the team and being a part of the core CSK. He has been particularly good against his old side, picking up 16 wickets in 14 matches against Royals at an average of 19. His strike-rate and average are the best against RR as compared to his performances against other teams. The left-arm spinner has picked up two 4-fors against the Royals and what more, he also has the number of RR’s key batsman Steve Smith, having dismissed the Aussie on 5 occasions. Smith’s strike rate against Jadeja drops to 89 and he finds the going tough against the tweaker. He is the third most successful bowler in IPL against the Royals and come Tuesday, ‘Sir Jadeja’ will be looking to hurt his old team yet again. PRESENTS ORGANISED BY MEDIA PARTNER Time: 8:00 PM onwards fb.com/navratrichristchurch #RBN2020
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