Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Friday that the fast bowler Deepak Chahar has been very experienced in death over bowling since his first win in the Indian Premier League earlier this season, so he wants the bowler to take on the powerplay. Chaher, who was instrumental in the six-wicket win over the Kings of Punjab, picked up four wickets in four overs and was named ‘Player of the Match’. Talking about Dhoni’s 200th match for Chennai Super Kings, he said, “Playing the 200th match is a long journey that started in 2008.”
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Regarding Chaher’s bowling, he said, “Deepak Chahar has experience as a death bowler, but I want him to take responsibility for the powerplay because we have (Dwayne) Bravo for Death Over.” “We want to feed Moin (Ali) in third place. He’s good, can play big shots,” Dhoni said.
At the same time, Punjab Kings captain K.L. Rahul said, ‘We have nothing more to say, because if a team initially loses five wickets, then what remains. The Chennai team bowled really well, especially Chahar and I (Ravindra) Jadeja. Also, this pitch was not so bad. We should have scored 150 to 160 here, but we have scored 100.
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He said, ‘The good thing is that Jay Richardson and Riley Meredith bowled a lot. There is hope for a return in the upcoming games. We plan again and see what changes we can make. We need to perform in person, we will see how we can cross the 150 runs if we get into that situation again, because we have to play the next few matches right here.
