IPL 2020: Mahendra Singh Dhoni explains the reason behind his decision to promote Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 began on Saturday (September 19) with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeating the defending champions Mumbai in Abu Dhabi.
During Chennai’s innings when Ambati Rayudu was dismissed for 71 after including 115 runs for the second wicket with Faf du Plessis, the MS Dhoni-led facet nonetheless wanted 42 off 24 balls.
At that point everybody thought that both Kedar Jadhav or Dhoni, one of many two specialist batsmen, would come out at No. 5, however everybody was left stunned when Ravindra Jadeja got here out to bat. Dhoni determined to ship in Jadeja as a result of he went in favour of a right-hand-left-hand batting mixture to create bother for the Mumbai Indians bowlers. Dhoni’s gamble paid off as Jadeja scored 10 runs in James Pattinson’s 17th over.
After Jadeja’s dismissal within the 18th over, Dhoni as soon as once more shocked everybody by sending in Sam Curran, who hit two sixes and a 4 off his first 5 balls earlier than being dismissed by Bumrah with ten balls to go.
“At some point, I thought we needed to give Jadeja and someone like Sam [Curran] to go ahead in the batting order and express themselves. They still had two spinners remaining, and we tried to intimidate the bowler a bit, it was just a psychological aspect. We know we bat quite deep, and wanted them to go after the bowler. If you clear one or two [sixes], then it is easier for the batsmen to follow,” Dhoni mentioned after the match.
Curran admitted that he was additionally left “surprised” by Dhoni’s transfer. “I was actually really excited when I was coming to [the] Chennai [team]. Haven’t met a lot of guys, straight on the bus, haven’t had much to think, landed two days ago [from the England-Australia series] and straight out there to do what I do. To be honest, very surprised I went in [at No. 6] but he’s a genius, he obviously thought something. Great win in the end. I think [left-right combination was his plan]. That [18th over from Pandya] was the over we wanted to target – a six or out approach mentality. Take the risk, and if it comes off it comes off, if it doesn’t, it doesn’t,” Curran mentioned.
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