Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming has bumped out at critics over MS Dhoni\u2019s form, stating it\u2019s not right to scrutinize someone who hasn\u2019t played competitive cricket across the last 18 months. The former New Zealand captain said the CSK skipper will get greater as he employs more time in the center.<\/p>\n
Stephen Fleming\u2019s remarks come after MS Dhoni employed questionable strategy to bat lower down the middle order against Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah earlier this week.<\/p>\n
MS Dhoni lowered himself down the order and stepped in at No. 7 despite the asking rate exploding up in Chennai Super Kings\u2019 failed hunt of 217 in Sharjah. Dhoni appeared in the middle when 103 were required off 38 balls. The CSK skipper kept hitting singles and succeeded just 9 runs in 12 balls until the 19th over. Dhoni hit 3 heavy sixes in the final over but CSK had now lost the game by then.<\/p>\n
\u201cMS Dhoni is one of the players that hasn\u2019t played much cricket in the last year-and-a-half. Everyone expects MS to come out and do what he has done in the past. It doesn\u2019t just appear, it takes a bit of work and a part of his process of becoming up to speed is his game time,\u201d<\/strong> Fleming recited as saying by CSK\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd that (match against Rajasthan Royals) was really the first time that he\u2019d batted in the center apart from a couple of balls against Mumbai Indians. As the tournament runs on, he\u2019ll just get better and better,\u201d<\/strong> he added<\/p>\n \u201cTo come in and expect him to get a 30-ball 70 would be a tough ask and we\u2019ve other players also who are in solid form and can do a job. So, it\u2019s valuing what specific player can do, and also respecting Dhoni is one of a kind when he\u2019s in form and has been playing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Having lost to Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings will be expecting to get back to winning ways. However, they face an added test as they take on in-form Delhi Capitals in Dubai on Friday<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming has bumped out at critics over MS Dhoni\u2019s form, stating it\u2019s not right to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":39246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[837,523,812],"class_list":["post-18526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-dc","tag-dhoni","tag-stephen-fleming"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}