Mike Hussey Reveals Dhoni’s Reason For His Batting As Low As No- 8.
Mike Hussey Reveals Dhoni’s Reason For His Batting As Low As No- 8. India captain MS Dhoni is suffering from a knee injury he was seen limping during a match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals in Chennai on May 10 in the IPL 2023. The crowd, however, cheered as Dhoni came to the crease.
Dhoni was seen limping and struggling to run, after the match against KKR which was their last game at their home ground, he did a lap of honour around the Chepauk with an ice pack strapped around his knee. It could easily be seen as the knee injury that was troubling him.
Earlier, CSK’s head coach Stephen Fleming said “He is nursing a knee injury, which you can see in some of his movement, which is hindering him somewhat but still what you saw today is a great player for us. His fitness has always been very professional. He comes a month before the tournament starts, so he doesn’t get the opportunity to do a lot,”.
Michael Hussey said MS Dhoni doesn’t have “too many weaknesses” but even if he has, the CSK batting coach wouldn’t share them with in-form Australia ahead of their World Cup clash.
“I think it’s pretty clear that he likes to come in the last few overs, that’s his plan,” Hussey said.
“It’s been well documented that his knee has not been 100 per cent and he’s trying to get through the matches as best as he can throughout the tournament. So I think, he doesn’t want to come in the 10th, 11th or 12th over and have to run those quick doubles all the time, that’s going to put pressure on the knee,” he said.
“He’s trying to delay coming in as long as possible and having that impact late in the innings. He shows a lot of backing and faith in the likes of (Shivam) Dube, (Ravindra) Jadeja, (Ajinkya) Rahane and (Ambati) Rayudu to do the job before he comes in.”-Hussey added
CSK’s next match is with DC at Arun Jaitley Stadium (New Delhi) on Saturday, 20th May, at 3:30 pm