But the charismatic skipper had a phrase of recommendation for the 20-year previous, who has earned the moniker ‘Baby Malinga’ for his bowling motion which has similarities to the Lankan nice, – ‘do not play red-ball cricket, actually’ do not even get with regards to it’.
Pathirana along with his sling arm motion received the Man-of-the-Match award in Chennai after returning very good figures of three for 15 in CSK’s six-wicket win in opposition to Mumbai Indians.
Dhoni saved the bowler’s sling motion, which may well be susceptible to accidents, in thoughts as he cautioned Pathirana and likewise the Sri Lankan cricket directors in opposition to taking part in him in all codecs of the sport.
“People who don’t have any clean action, batsmen have a difficult time picking it. But his consistency, pace makes him special,” Dhoni mentioned on the post-match presentation.
“I feel he should not play red-ball cricket, not even get close to it, he can play only ICC tournaments. He is young and he would be a great asset for Sri Lankan cricket. Last time he came, he was lean but now he has put on muscle and is stronger.”
Dhoni opted to bowl first after successful the toss. He printed that he had sought after to bat first, however was once outnumbered within the crew assembly.
“I was doubtful with the decision at the toss, I wanted to bat first but the think tank thought about the rain, I was slightly outnumbered and so we went with the majority.
“If there’s some roughly a confusion then we take a seat and discuss it. I felt the wicket would decelerate and that was once the rationale at the back of it, and even supposing rain comes then nearly all of the sport would were completed,” he said.
Dhoni said it was a crucial win as it gives them some cushion.
“It was once an excessively an important recreation for a easy reason why, in case you see the issues desk there is a litter. Last few video games the consequences have no longer long gone in our prefer and so it’s just right to be at the successful facet.”
Put in to bat, Rohit Sharma’s MI had been limited to a below-par 139 for 8 of their allocated 20 overs, after which noticed CSK chase down the objective of 140 in 17.4 overs.
Asked what went unsuitable within the recreation, Rohit mentioned, “Everywhere I suppose, we did not bat smartly sufficient, did not put sufficient runs for the bowlers to protect. We had an off-day as a batting unit.”
On him going in at number three instead of opening, he said, “We simply did what we felt was once comfy, 3), wanted an Indian batter to bat within the heart overs in opposition to spin after sadly shedding Tilak Vermahowever we misplaced 3 wickets for simply 16 runs.
“There’s no such home advantage this season, everyone has won and lost at home, we need to do well in all the three departments of the game, we’ll play at home in the next two games, we’ll see how it goes Rohit added.
(With inputs from PTI)
