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MS Dhoni was a dissapointed man after Chennai Super Kings suffered their fourth consecutive loss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
IPL 2025: MS Dhoni speaking to his Chennai Super Kings players (BCCI)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a dissapointed man after Chennai Super Kings suffered their fourth consecutive defeat at Chepauk, losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
It was SRH’s first victory against CSK at this venue. With his defeat, CSK almost bowed out of the play-offs race even as SRH stayed alive theoretically.
Sent into bat, Chennai Super Kings were bowled out for 154. In reply, SRH completed the task in 18.4 overs with Ishan Kishan (44), Kamindu Mendis (32 not out) and Nitish Reddy (19 not out) making valuable contributions with the bat.
Earlier, with the exception of Dewald Brevis, who top-scored for CSK with a 25-ball 42, and Ayush Mhatre, who made 30 in 19 deliveries, the CSK batters struggled to get going in the must-win game.
Harshal Patel was SRH’s wrecker-in-chief with the ball, returning excellent figures of 4/28 in four overs while skipper Pat Cummins too bowled very well to pick 2/21.
“I think we kept losing wickets and another thing is in the first innings the wicket was slightly better and 157 wasn’t a justifiable score. It wasn’t turning a lot, a little two-paced but nothing out of the ordinary. Yes, second innings there was a bit of help. Our spinners, the quality was there and they were bowling in the right areas, but we were 15-20 runs short,” MS Dhoni said after the loss.
“I think he batted really well and we needed that in the middle order. When the spinners come in, you do it either by batsmanship or picking the right areas, but that’s an area where we want to improve because middle overs are crucial,” he added.
Dhoni went on to futher add that most of the players are not doing well for CSK and that is resulting in their losses.
“In a tournament like this, if you have one or two areas where you can plug in the holes it is good, but if majority of your players are not doing well, it becomes very difficult. Because you have to do a few changes, but if majority are doing well then you give those guys that extra few games and if it doesn’t work out than you move onto the next one. But if 4 of them are not performing at the same time, you are bound to make that change, because you can’t just keep on going. Because we are not putting enough runs on the board, because it is essential right now, the game has changed. I am not saying it is always 180-200, but assess the conditions and then look to put the runs on the board,” MSD signed off.
(With inputs from Agencies)
