The heroics of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav defeated the Chennai Super Kings bowlers entirely and secured a 9-wicket victory after completing the target of 177 runs in 15.4 overs. Only South African player Ryan Rickelton was the MI player that was dismissed as MI registered an effortless victory.
After the match MS Dhoni reflected on Chennai Super Kings’ defeat and highlighted all the points where CSK lacked in the match.
“We were quite below par. Knew dew would come in the second half. Bumrah one of the best death bowlers in the world, MI started their death bowling early, we should have started our slog early. We should have capitalised and got those runs. [Mhatre] Batted well, he picked his shots well. Wanted to play his shots, we also haven’t seen him much. Odd ball was gripping. They played spin well. We never had a par score. If you give away too many in the first six. It wasn’t like it was coming on nicely.
“We need to realise, we are successful because we play good cricket. But we need not get too emotional. We need to see if we are playing the right form or cricket, trying to put right amount of runs. A few more catches will help, we are trying to plug in the holes. Take one game at a time. Look at the combinations for the next season, if we don’t qualify.”
CSK is now placed at the bottom of points table, with their qualification hopes to playoffs looking extremely dim.
