Will MS Dhoni play next match: Suresh Raina comments on CSK captain’s injury

Will MS Dhoni play next match: Chennai Super Kings stand-in captain opened up on the regular captain’s injury post losing to SRH.

During the 33rd match of the ongoing 12th season of the Indian Premier League between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings at Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets to register their fourth IPL 2019 victory.

Chasing a 133-run target, Hyderabad sealed the chase in the 17th over on the back of individual half-centuries from their opening batsmen in Jonny Bairstow (61*) and David Warner (50).

After CSK stand-in captain Suresh Raina won the toss and chose to bat, his team ended up scoring a below par 132/5 in their allotted 20 overs. Opening batsman Faf du Plessis top-scored for his team scoring 45 (31) with the help of three fours and three sixes. With bowling figures of 4-0-17-2, Rashid Khan was the pick of Sunrisers’ bowlers.

You get one of these every year, I guess. #CSK have been steamrolled today. Never in the game.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 17, 2019

Speaking during the post-match presentation ceremony, Raina claimed the loss to be a “good wake-up call”. “I think it is a very good wake up call. Faf and Watto [Shane Watson] gave us a good start but we could not capitalize. We should have rotated our strike better,” Raina was quoted as saying.

“MS Dhoni is feeling better”

While veteran leg-spinner Imran Tahir bowled well to register bowling figures of 4-0-20-2, no support from the other end hurt the visitors’ chances. “He [Imran Tahir] has been giving us breakthroughs. You just throw the ball to him and he delivers. He has been bowling really well. As long as senior players are there, you just need to do well as a unit,” Raina said of the 40-year old cricketer.

Being asked about regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s injury, Raina gave signs of the legendary cricketer returning for the next match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. “He [MS Dhoni] is feeling better. His back was stiff. Probably he will play in the next game against RCB,” Raina concluded.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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