MS Dhoni-led Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) took on the Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) within the thirtieth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Monday, April 14.
Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) gained towards the Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) within the IPL 2025 match by 5 wickets on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
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It is good to win a sport – MS Dhoni
Chennai Tremendous Kings gained the toss and elected to bowl first. The CSK bowlers seemed good within the match and restricted LSG to 166/7, with Matheesha Pathirana and Ravindra Jadeja bagging two wickets every, whereas Khaleel Ahmed and Anshul Kamboj choosing up one wicket every.
Chasing the goal, Shaik Rasheed and Rachin Ravindra batted brilliantly to supply CSK with a superb begin. Then, Shivam Dube and MS Dhoni joined forces to complete off the match in 19.3 overs.
Throughout the post-match presentation ceremony, MS Dhoni, who additionally gained the Participant of the Match award for his 26* off 11, expressed his delight over the win. He mentioned:
“It is good to win a sport. Once you play a match like this, you wish to win video games. Sadly, the [earlier] matches did not go our method for no matter causes. There might be a number of causes. It is good to have a win on our facet.
“Provides confidence to the entire group and helps us enhance in areas we wish to enhance. All of us knew that when it would not come your method in cricket, God makes it very powerful, and it was a troublesome sport.”
We had been placing an excessive amount of strain on Ash – MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni additional talked about bringing in Shaik Rasheed and Jamie Overton for Ravichandran Ashwin and Devon Conway and mentioned that they wanted to make modifications as a result of issues weren’t working for them.
He added that they put Ravichandran Ashwin below an excessive amount of strain, and with out him, the CSK bowling assault appears higher.
“In the event you see the powerplay, whether or not it was the mixture or the circumstances, we had been battling the ball. After which we weren’t in a position to get the beginning we wished as a batting unit. Additionally the autumn of wickets. We hold dropping wickets on the incorrect time to some extent,” MS Dhoni mentioned.
“One of many causes might be that the Chennai wicket is barely on the slower facet. When we now have performed away from house, the batting unit has achieved barely higher. Possibly we have to play on wickets which might be barely higher so that it will give the batters confidence to play their photographs. You do not wish to play timid cricket. We had been placing an excessive amount of strain on Ash.
“He was bowling two overs within the first six. We made modifications and this appears like a greater assault. As a bowling unit we have achieved properly. As a batting unit, we are able to do higher. Roles and obligations – that is what we speak about. In the event you get off to a superb begin, and also you’re somebody who can play by the innings, then why not. I believe he batted very well right this moment.”
MS Dhoni additional lauded Shaik Rasheed and expressed his shock over profitable the Participant of the Match for the primary time in IPL since 2019.
“He has been with us for fairly a number of years (Shaik Rasheed). This 12 months he has been batting very well within the nets towards each pacers and spinners. It is simply the beginning. He has the potential to dominate with genuine photographs. Even right this moment I used to be like – “why are they giving me the award?” Noor bowled very well,” Dhoni mentioned.
How did CSK carry out within the earlier IPL match towards LSG?
Of their earlier IPL match towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants, the Chennai Tremendous Kings delivered a superb batting efficiency however a failure with the ball led to them struggling a six-wicket loss at house.
After being put in to bat, CSK misplaced Ajinkya Rahane early, however captain Ruturaj Gaikwad led from the entrance and smashed an unbeaten 108 off 60 balls.
Daryl Mitchell and Ravindra Jadeja failed to supply any help to their skipper however Shivam Dube stepped up and smashed 66 off simply 27 balls. The duo added a superb 104-run stand and helped CSK attain a formidable rating of 210 of their 20 overs.
With the ball, CSK began properly as Deepak Chahar dismissed Quinton de Kock within the first over, and Mustafizur Rahman despatched KL Rahul packing within the fifth over.
Nonetheless, LSG all-rounder Marcus Stoinis made issues tougher for CSK as he performed a knock for the ages. Regardless of Matheesha Pathirana dismissing Nicholas Pooran and Devdutt Padikkal, CSK couldn’t cease LSG from finishing the run-chase in 19.3 overs as Marcus Stoinis slammed 124 off 63 balls to single-handedly demolish the house group.
