By:
Sarwar Alam
Chennai Tremendous Kings veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni has downplayed his return as captain and the crew’s snug IPL victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad as a mere “coincidence”.
Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (99) and Devon Conway (85 not out) placed on this season’s greatest stand of 182 to information Chennai to 202-2, a complete their bowlers defended by proscribing Hyderabad to 189-6 within the second match of the day in Pune.
Dhoni, who gave up the captaincy forward of this Indian Premier League, accepted the job again on Saturday after Ravindra Jadeja stepped down following the crew’s six losses from eight video games however performed down the management change.
“I did nothing totally different, when you’re in the identical dressing room you retain saying the identical issues,” the 40-year-old Dhoni stated after Chennai’s third win this season.
“It’s not like once you change the captain quite a lot of issues change. It’s a type of coincidences the place we received off to a superb begin and compelled the bowlers to bowl the areas the place we needed to hit.”
Dhoni stated Jadeja’s all-round type appeared to have affected his sport which led to the captaincy changeover halfway.
“When you turn into captain, it means quite a lot of calls for are available and might have an effect on the participant’s efficiency and occupy their thoughts which I believe was the case with him,” stated Dhoni.
“I believe captaincy burdened his prep and performances, it meant he couldn’t go along with the bat and ball with the identical depth.”
Dhoni, who led India to 2 World Cup titles, acquired a rousing welcome when he walked out for the toss with Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson who put Chennai in to bat.
Gaikwad and the left-handed Conway placed on 182 in 17.5 overs to propel their facet to an imposing complete.
– Velocity gun Umran –
Hyderabad speedster Umran Malik bowled the quickest ball of the season at 154 km/h (95.6 mph) to Gaikwad, however he smashed it for a boundary down the bottom.
Umran, who returned figures of 5-25 in his earlier match, hit the mark once more with a yorker to Dhoni.
Gaikwad, who six sixes in his 57-ball knock, introduced up his fifty with a boundary off Malik, however fell one in need of a ton when he gave a catch to level off T Natarajan.
The Hyderabad bowlers checked the stream of runs within the ultimate overs however Conway completed with two fours and a single to get Chennai previous 200.
Sunrisers, the 2016 champions, might solely muster 189-6, nevertheless, regardless of Nicholas Pooran’s unbeaten 33-ball 64.
Williamson, who made 47, and Abhishek Sharma added 52 off the primary 5 overs, earlier than Mukesh Choudhary broke by way of with wickets from successive balls.
The left-arm seamer completed with figures of 4-46, with 24 coming off his final over.
Within the first match of the day, skipper KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda smashed half-centuries to assist Lucknow Tremendous Giants leap to second within the IPL desk with a six-run win over Delhi Capitals.
Rahul, who hit 77, and Hooda, who smashed 52, placed on 95 for the second wicket as Lucknow completed on 195 for 3 after electing to bat first on one other sizzling day in Mumbai.
Lucknow quick bowler Mohsin Khan then returned figures of 4-16 together with key wickets of David Warner (3), skipper Rishabh Pant (44) and Rovman Powell (35) to maintain down Delhi to 189-7.
