In the first match of Indian Premier League 2023 played at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on Sunday (April 30), Punjab Kings defeated Dhoni’s men by 4 wickets. In this match, Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. Punjab Kings won the last ball in this match. Captain Dhoni looked very disappointed after this close defeat.
Dhoni looked very disappointed after the defeat. He said after the match that while defending the target, it cost his team dearly to concede more runs in the middle two overs. Dhoni told the IPL broadcasters that we bowled two bad overs in the middle overs. Bowlers should know where to bowl. It was clear that now the batsmen would try to hit big shots.
Regarding his bowlers, Dhoni said that his bowlers have less experience and the batsmen will have to make up for it. He said that we could have scored 10-15 more runs during our batting. Our bowlers are still young. He just needs a little more experience.
He praised Mahish Pathirana for bowling brilliantly under pressure and said that he bowled well. Apart from this, we need to see whether our planning was wrong or we could not succeed in implementing it on the field.
The team of Punjab Kings needed 9 runs in the last over. Sikandar Raza and Shah Rukh Khan were present at the crease. Raza took a single on the first ball. After this, the ball did not hit Shahrukh’s bat on the second ball, yet both ran away and took a run.
No run was found on the third ball. After this, two consecutive runs were scored on the next two balls. Punjab needed 3 runs on the last ball. Sikandar Raza hit the shot and both the batsmen ran and took three runs. Sikandar Raza 13 while Shahrukh returned unbeaten after scoring 2 runs.
