IPL 2022: CSK Coach Stephen Fleming Is Clear On MS Dhoni's Batting Position

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Should MS Dhoni have batted before an out-of-form Ravindra Jadeja in Monday's IPL 2022 match against Punjab Kings in Mumbai? Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming explained his team's strategy after Punjab Kings’ fast bowlers squeezed CSK in the death overs to clinch an 11-run victory. CSK's topsy-turvy tournament continued as they were lurching just four points above last-placed Mumbai Indians, who have lost eight consecutive games. (Video and images courtesy IPL)  Follow this story and more: https://www.outlookindia.com/  #Sports #OutlookMagazine #OutlookGroup

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00:02 - Stephen, why are we not sending

00:21 Mahendra Singh Dhoni up the order?

00:23 Avinash Jadeja is struggling at the back,

00:25 and we are still not seeing MS Dhoni, who is really good,

00:30 this year.

00:30 Why he's not batting up the order?

00:33 - We lost the wicket in the 12th over.

00:35 It's pretty close to when we look at MS Dhoni

00:38 over the last 13 years come in.

00:40 But today was in the 12th over.

00:42 And the captain's prerogative as well, left-handed going in.

00:46 So there was an opportunity.

00:47 But I think we had this discussion a lot.

00:49 MS's best time is from about 15 overs on.

00:54 And Jadeja's played some good innings for us

00:56 over the last couple of years from that stage.

00:58 So we don't just throw that out just for one or two games.

01:02 We did miss a couple of chances again, which we don't like.

01:05 But for a majority of the innings, we were pretty good.

01:09 They finished, obviously, very well.

01:11 And when you get a game score like this,

01:14 it's only a couple of twists and turns

01:16 that you could have done differently

01:17 and you cross the line.

01:18 So yeah, we weren't as polished as what we want to be,

01:21 of course.

01:22 But we were still winning it for a long way.

01:24 So we probably could have stolen it towards the end.

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