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[SillyCowCorner1]

None of this even matters anymore

 

[Magrat Garlick]

classic post-2015 Dhoni

 

[Nintendo]

That innings really sums up dhoni post 2016/17. Kills the chase, then hits a few boundaries to boost his sr to a respectable level when the game is already done.

 

[Tom Flint]

I've seen enough of dhoni in the last few years to know that he is either completely past it and is hanging on to a career for money thanks to his reputation or he is fixing

 

[Tom Flint]

And by past it I mean useless, like Darren sammy useless

 

[honestbharani]

He could have batted 4 and done what Faf did. He chooses not to. Whatever.

 

[honestbharani]

If he does not figure out his best place in the side, and he is not able to hit out from ball 1, he is gonna be a liability to this side going forward. Maybe they should have never let them get to 216 but the batting inning was managed terribly once Watson and then Curran fell.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

In the pregame they keep calling him Lion...
This was not the way a lion strikes

 

[Tom Flint]

He doesn't even strike from ball 15, he is rubbish simple as that. At least Sammy gives it a go lol

 

[honestbharani]

Its obvious he wanted to wait till game was over and then help himself for few 6s to keep NRR. It may even be smart play considering league format and may be the difference maker at the end of the group stages, BUT.....

If he is not able to hit it from ball 1, he should not be batting this low. If he is unable to rotate strike, it si fine. Faf struggled too and look at how he managed to get better. He has to bat 4 or max 5 and give himself that chance. At this level, he is still a good hitter even if he is not so at the international level. IPL always has some poor bowlers to target. More than the game, I am worried about how little confidence he seems to have on the line up once Curran got out, including himself. That is not a good look and hopefully this improves.

Otherwise CSK will be out of the game every time batting side posts more than 180.

 

[JOJOXI]

Its obvious he wanted to wait till game was over and then help himself for few 6s to keep NRR. It may even be smart play considering league format and may be the difference maker at the end of the group stages, BUT.....

If he is not able to hit it from ball 1, he should not be batting this low. If he is unable to rotate strike, it si fine. Faf struggled too and look at how he managed to get better. He has to bat 4 or max 5 and give himself that chance. At this level, he is still a good hitter even if he is not so at the international level. IPL always has some poor bowlers to target. More than the game, I am worried about how little confidence he seems to have on the line up once Curran got out, including himself. That is not a good look and hopefully this improves.

Otherwise CSK will be out of the game every time batting side posts more than 180.

Just had a look your other 2 games are v Mumbai and Delhi at Sharjah - there goes your hopes of a league stage double over Mumbai. Although might fancy Delhi, Axar and Ashwin are decent spinners but no mystery so a lot of pressure to be perfect with length as if today is anything to go by - if its in the arc, its out the park

 

[Arachnodouche]

The thing is those three sixes weren't exactly in what you would expect to be his swinging arc at this late stage, so he's not as much of a lost cause striking-wise purely. He's just bought into the Iceman gimmick to an insane degree when in fact he needs to be assertive from the get-go.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Why are we not talking about that Sanju knock?

And 4 wicket keeping dismissals

 

[JOJOXI]

I posted this just after Rashid let one sail over his head and bounce 5 yards inside the rope having crept in. I believe this was also the shorter boundary. But yes I take your point on the longer areas on the ground like where kohli was caught.

Late response, but thought both square boundaries were pretty big from what I've heard although not seen the graphic which shows exactly how big the boundaries are in each section.

 

[JOJOXI]

Why are we not talking about that Sanju knock?

And 4 wicket keeping dismissals

Great stuff from Samson was only half watching his knock unfortunately but very impressive from what I saw and have always warmed to him - outside of RCB him and Rajat Bhatia are up there as my favourite Indian players ever in the IPL - hopefully it can be a good season for him - might be mistaken but seem to have memories of him doing well the last time the IPL was in the UAE.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Players that have impressed me thus far(younger/fairly young crew):

Shreyas (both of them)
Devdutt
Sanju Samson
Samuel Curran
Tewatia
Suryakumar
Bisnoi

 

[TheJediBrah]

Rajasthan have found the right way to use Smith IMO. If he's going to be striking at 130-140 max he can't be batting in the middle-order. Looks like he could perform the "anchor" role well while others slog around him.

That innings really sums up dhoni post 2016/17. Kills the chase, then hits a few boundaries to boost his sr to a respectable level when the game is already done.

Funny you say that, cause just looking at the scorecard my first thought was "Dhoni did ok can't really blame him for this one".

 

[Nintendo]

Funny you say that, cause just looking at the scorecard my first thought was "Dhoni did ok can't really blame him for this one".

Yeah maybe was a tiny bit heat of the moment but seeing dhoni 9(13) after coming into bat at 7 while chasing 216 then slogging 3 sixes when the game is long gone seems like classic modern dhoni.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah maybe was a tiny bit heat of the moment but seeing dhoni 9(13) after coming into bat at 7 while chasing 216 then slogging 3 sixes when the game is long gone seems like classic modern dhoni.

I don't think you were wrong at all. You can't be 9 (13) when you need 10+ an over

 

[Daemon]

He even made it a team tactic I think. Jadeja left the last ball of the 19th over with 38 to win.