MS Dhoni is one of the best skippers in international cricket. Be it for India or Chennai Super Kings, he has given his best. Apart from his batting, he is renowned for his leadership skills. The CSK skipper, however, hasn’t been at his best in IPL 2020.
Dhoni suffered yet another defeat as his team was defeated by Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders. Chasing 167, CSK suffered a middle-order collapse to lose the game by 10 runs.
They have lost four games out of six in the tournament. Following KKR’s win, Dinesh Karthik was lauded for his decisions.
Heaping praise on the KKR captain, former India batsman Ajay Jadeja said that Karthik pulled off a Dhoni in Abu Dhabi.
“Have to admit that he (Dinesh Karthik) pulled off a Dhoni today. What MS Dhoni has been doing with other teams, today Karthik managed to do the same by dictating the play. His decision to make Pat Cummins bowl the 11th oversaw the game slowing down and then Karthik decided to throw Sunil Narine in the middle. Narine only conceded 3-4 runs and these were the moments where the game shifted in favour of KKR.
“There was always that belief that CSK can chase down all sorts of targets and that fear often made the opposition teams make wrong decisions. Today, Karthik stood by his plans even tough the Super Kings had 90 runs in the first 10 overs. Hats off to Karthik,” said Jadeja while speaking to Cricbuzz.