Harbhajan Singh questioned MS Dhoni’s data, the root cause of CSK’s issues.

Delhi: Harbhajan Singh has expressed concern over the decline in MS Dhoni’s performance since IPL 2023. He believes that Dhoni’s batting figures are becoming a big problem for the team. While Dhoni’s capacity in wicketkeeping is still excellent, there is no edge in his batting as before. Due to age and knee problems, Dhoni is no longer able to affect, which used to be earlier.

Statistics related to Dhoni’s batting

Highlighting Dhoni’s figures, Harbhajan Singh said that whenever Dhoni has batted while chasing, CSK has suffered defeat. He told that the number of times Dhoni has tried Chase since IPL 2023, he has been able to score only 3 runs, and there was not a single four or six in them. At the same time, when the CSK match was lost, Dhoni scored 166 runs from 84 balls, including 13 fours and 13 sixes.

Harbhajan said on his YouTube channel, “When CSK won the match, Dhoni’s average was just 8, while his average was 49 in losing matches. It is a big problem for CSK.”

Advice to send Dhoni up

Harbhajan Singh also appealed to CSK team management that Dhoni should be sent up and he should be given a chance to hit sixes and flock at the end of the game. He believes that if Dhoni scored runs, then the team will benefit from it.

Status of Ruturaj and Conway

Harbhajan also described the batting in the middle order of Ruturaj Gaikwad as a major weakness of CSK. He said that Gaikwad is a great opener and CSK should send him up. Apart from this, Harbhajan also raised questions about not playing in the team of Devon Conway.

Harbhajan said, “Gaikwad himself is coming to bat down, while he is a great opener. CSK has always given a chance to good openers, such as Matthew Hayden, Brendon McCullum, or Davon Conway. But not feeding the Conway in the team is beyond comprehensive.”

CSK’s current status

Currently, CSK is ranked seventh in the IPL 2025 points table, and he has scored only two points in his first three matches. Harbhajan gave many suggestions about the role and selection of the players of the team, so that CSK could improve its position.

CSK will now take the ground on 5 April to compete with Delhi Capitals, which will be an important match for them.

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