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MI vs CSK Ruturaj Gaikwad: Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has praised MS Dhoni after the MI vs CSK match. He has described this 42 year old player as the young wicketkeeper of the team. Along with this, Gaikwad has also given credit for CSK's victory to Dhoni. He says that those three sixes of Dhoni's last over proved to be the biggest difference of the match. Let us tell you, Mahi gave the finishing touch to Chennai's innings by hitting three sixes in the last over of CSK's innings. He had scored unbeaten 20 runs on 4 balls. It was on the basis of his innings that Chennai was successful in reaching 206 runs. Chasing this score, MI could score only 186 runs and lost the match by only 20 runs. This innings of Dhoni proved to be the difference in the match.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad said after the match, “Those three sixes by the young wicketkeeper helped us a lot, that proved to be the difference. We needed 10-15 extra runs at a venue like this.”
The CSK captain further added, “In the middle, Bumrah bowled really well. I think we were decent in our performance with the ball despite him hitting some great shots. I would have taken 6 overs in the powerplay. But we will have to perform well in bowling and batting.”
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Gaikwad also praised Mathisha Pathirana, who took 4 wickets against MI, and called him the Malinga of CSK. Apart from this, he also said about Tushar Deshpande and Shardul Thakur that their performance should not be forgotten.
He said, “Our Malinga bowled really well today, he bowled yorkers. Not to forget that Tushar and Shardul also performed well. (On further plans) I think we have to keep it simple, everyone Will have to be encouraged to stay in good space and continue like this. Jinks (Ajinkya Rahane) was having some trouble, so it would be better to get him to open and bat anywhere. It's also an additional responsibility as a captain.”