After defeating LSG, MS Dhoni revealed why the team suffered 5 consecutive defeats:

With a 5 -wicket win against Lucknow Super Gynts, Chennai Super Kings finally ended his defeat. CSK had reached here after losing 5 consecutive matches before this. Chennai had to win this match to stay in the IPL 2025 playoff race. In such a situation, captain MS Dhoni led the team from further. He himself gave the finishing touch in CSK’s run. Dhoni played an unbeaten innings of 26 runs off 11 balls. After the match, Dhoni explained why Chennai Super Kings had to face continuous defeat in the last few matches. Let me tell you that Lucknow had set a target of 167 runs to win ahead of Chennai, which CSK achieved by 3 balls. Dhoni scored 26 runs in 11 balls and for this he received the Player of the Match award.

Can’t win matches by playing timid cricket- MS Dhoni

After the match, MS Dhoni said, “If you look at powerplay, whether it is combination or situation, we were struggling with the ball. And then we could not start as a batting unit we wanted. Also falling wickets. We keep losing wickets at some time.

One reason for this may be that Chennai’s wicket is slightly slow. When we have played outside the house, the batting unit has performed a little better. Perhaps we need to play on a wicket that is a little better so that the batsmen get confidence to play their shots. You do not want to play timid cricket. “

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He added, “We were putting a lot of pressure on Ash (Ashwin). He was bowling two overs in the first six overs. We made changes and it seems to be a better attack. We have done well as a bowling unit. As a batting unit, we can do better.

Rolls and responsibilities- this is what we talk. If you start well, and you are players who can play till the end of the innings, then why not. I think he (Sheikh Rashid) batted really well today. He has been with us for many years. This year he is really batting well against both fast bowlers and spinners in the nets. This is just the beginning. “