Nitish kumar reddy: Cricket News & Match Updates

After being put to bat first, apart from young gun Ayush Mhatre, mid-season inclusion Dewald Brevis, and a late blitz by Deepak Hooda, Chennai Super Kings batters faltered again and were only able to conjure 154 runs. Despite having tilted the game back in their favour for a brief moment in the second half, that total proved to be too low as they succumbed to their fourth-straight home defeat.

“In a tournament like this, if you have one or two areas where you can plug in the holes it is good, but if the majority of your players are not doing well, it becomes very difficult, because you have to do a few changes, but if the majority are doing well then you guy those guys that extra few games and if it doesn't work out then 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,” said MS Dhoni in the post-match interview.   Read More...