IPL 2022: ‘What let us down was the batsmanship,’ says Captain MS Dhoni!

CSK captain Dhoni blames the team's batsmanship for the loss.

Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore clashed in the 49th league match of the IPL yesterday. CSK captain Dhoni, who won the toss, chose to bowl. Batting first, Bangalore scored 173 for 8 in 20 overs.

Following this, the middle order and back row batsmen disappointed the Chennai team which started with a target of 174 runs to win. Captain Dhoni was on the field as he needed 39 runs in the last 2 overs. So the Chennai team fans were optimistic. But Dhoni was disappointed to be out for 3 runs. At the end of 20 overs, CSK lost by 13 runs for 160 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.

After the match, CSK captain Dhoni said, “We did well to restrict them to 170-odd runs. We had to get off to a good start, everything was up to the mark and what let us down was the batsmanship. When you are chasing you know what is required and at times you have to curb your instinct and see what really the situation is demanding rather than playing your shots,” Dhoni said.

“The shot selection could have been better towards the end. We had a good start and had wickets in hand, the surface kept getting better but we lost wickets at regular intervals. We can look back at some of the shots if we take care of those things... chasing is about calculations and batting first is more about instinct. Ultimately as a batter or bowler, you are in the middle and you have to decide.”

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