Most cricket fans would certainly find it surprising that the former Chennai Super Kings skipper, MS Dhoni would have moments where he lost it. His fellow teammate with the franchise, Suresh Raina, revealed one such story where the former Indian skipper lost his cool during a certain game in the Indian Premier League.
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Speaking to Lallantop, Raina talked about the qualifier game between CSK and Kings XI Punjab (now known as Punjab Kings) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in 2014. To add some context, in the first innings, opening batter, Virender Sehwag had gone on a rampage to score 122 in 58 deliveries as Punjab finished with a target of 227 runs for CSK.
However, CSK lost both their openers cheaply. But Raina seemed to be unfazed and unstoppable with the bat as he raced to his half-century within 16 balls. He was eventually dismissed as he was run out in the first delivery after the powerplay with a legendary knock of 87 in 25 balls. CSK’s innings just crumbled from thereon despite the efforts of MS Dhoni almost single-handedly looking to take the side home, he finished with 42 in 31 balls but the Super Kings were on the losing end which even infuriated the skipper.
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Raina revealed,” I have never seen Dhoni this angry. He was expressing his frustrations after the match saying ‘We don’t score runs, we don’t do this, that’. He had thrown his helmets and pads in the dressing room and was irritated because we lost a game that we could have won. We could have won the IPL that year as well”.
Thala’s frustrations were also evident, especially during the post-match presentation ceremony where he was very critical of the side’s batting unit. He had commented,” It was something we could have achieved, the reason being Suresh and the way he batted. In the middle overs, there was some irresponsible cricket by some of the experienced international guys, so we do need to have a look”.
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The CSK’s former vice-captain, Suresh Raina also spoke about how he felt when batting that day. He added,” The previous day, I had a dream I would do something special. I was seeing the ball well. The ball hitting the bat, there was a different kind of sound and I felt like nothing could stop me”.
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In the 2024 season, the defending champions currently sit fourth on the points table with 8 points in the seven games played. They are currently struggling with finding their touch when playing away from home but still pose a very big threat with a lot of players firing consistently including MS Dhoni himself.
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