Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 clash between SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), former cricketers Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan praised former India skipper MS Dhoni for his stellar performance against Delhi Capitals (DC ). CSK will take on SRH in the 18th match of the IPL 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Gilchrist claimed that Dhoni is the holy grail because he doesn’t do interviews. “Well, but the thing about MS. I think he’s definitely the holy grail because he just doesn’t do interviews. And never and hasn’t done any press. I didn’t do it when he was playing. No, just a blanket no,” Gilchrist said on Club Prairie Fire Podcast.
The wicketkeeper-batsman further stated that no one really knows what is left in Dhoni’s tank.
“What about the other day, no one was really sure what he had left in the tank and he didn’t hit the first few games. Anyone who was on a losing cause pulled the trigger. Turned back the clock,” Gilchrist added to. .
The former England skipper also shared his thoughts on the 42-year-old’s quick knock against DC. Dhoni scored 37 runs off just 16 balls, which were peppered with four boundaries and three maximums.
“37 out of 16, there’s only one athlete in the world that his team could lose to, and in the opposition was a young guy called Rishabh Pant, who has made a remarkable comeback and it’s great to see him play. But to to see him play.” so good and see him play the way he did and his team was the winning side and he was the captain but still all the talk was about MS’s 37 off 16 balls,” Vaughan said in the podcast.
The five-time champions currently sit third in the IPL 2024 points table, with four points in three matches in the cash-rich league. After the three matches, the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side has a net run rate of 0.976.
CSK squad for IPL 2024:Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Moeen Ali , Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Aravelly Avanish.
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