Delhi: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming said on Sunday that the five -time title winning team acting captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has no magic stick, so that he can suddenly change the fate of the team. CSK’s performance in the current Indian Premier League (IPL) has been very disappointing and the team remains at the bottom of the points table. After the injury of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dhoni, who handled the captaincy again, has the responsibility of bringing the team back on track.
Fleming told reporters before the match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), “Dhoni’s influence will always be important, but he is not an astrologer, he does not have a magical stick. If it was, he would have used it in advance. We have to work hard with MS and in our career, both of us have faced such situations, where we have to put a lot of energy, and we have to ensure that we have to ensure that the energy has to be done.”
CSK’s batting has been the biggest concern in this season. In the last match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) stopped Chennai at just 103/9 and achieved the target in 10.1 overs, which gave him a crushing defeat by 8 wickets. Fleming admitted that everyone has hurt by the team’s disappointing performance.
He said, “We will have to start with small steps and improve the three departments and return to the match gradually. Especially in the last match we did not show any competition, which has caused a lot of sadness. There has been a lot of introspection within the team and at the same time it is also being worked on what we should do. We have to perform.
The former captain of the Kiwi team further said, “We talk about the sixes, but this is not all. I would like to not only create a baseball-like atmosphere in the game, where we only talk about sixes and knives. The balance between the batsmen and the bowler is the beauty of this game.”
Fleming described Lucknow player Nicholas Puran as the biggest threat and at this time called him the most dangerous batsman in the world. He said, “Yes, Nicholas Puran is a very dangerous player. He is currently the best player in the world, continuously performing well, powerful and the biggest threat to us. It will be important to win the match tomorrow (Monday).”
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