Is This Dhoni's Last Season? Kaif Slams CSK's Poor Batting Efforts Against KKR At Chepauk
Mohammed Kaif questioned if this is MS Dhoni's last IPL season after CSK's poor batting against KKR.
The former Indian cricketer, Mohammed Kaif took to social media to question whether this is indeed MS Dhoni’s last season in the Indian Premier League after the horrendous batting display against the Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground at the Chepauk Stadium on Friday evening.
In a post on his official handle on X(formerly known as Twitter), Kaif reacted to the dissapointing batting efforts. His post read," Is this Dhoni’s last season? The way CSK’s season is going, is the time right for a change? Last question: Why give a slow pitch at home when the rivals have spinners like Naraine and Varun?"
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Is this Dhoni’s last season? The way CSK’s season is going, is the time right for a change? Last question: Why give a slow pitch at home when the rivals have spinners like Naraine and Varun?— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 11, 2025
Whilst the Chennai crowds were roaring in support of the franchise icon, MS Dhoni stepping in to captain the side in place of the ruled out Ruturaj Gaikwad, things all went downhill after the toss.
CSK wanted to bat first after losing the toss, but didn’t take full advantage of their decision as they could never break free from the disciplined bowling by KKR bowlers. It took Shivam Dube’s unbeaten 29-ball 31 to save CSK from being all out for their lowest total (79) in IPL’s history.
Devon Conway began by taking two boundaries off pacer Vaibhav Arora, before being dismissed for 12 when his attempt to reverse-sweep off Moeen resulted in him being trapped lbw in a wicket-maiden over. In the next over, CSK were dealt another blow when Rachin Ravindra miscued a slog off Harshit Rana and was caught at cover.
KKR could have got another wicket if Vijay Shankar wasn’t dropped by Moeen at mid-off when on zero. From there, Shankar pulled and lofted Chakaravarthy for boundaries, before hoicking Moeen over mid-wicket for six. Shankar’s charmed life continued when Venkatesh Iyer dropped him at mid-wicket on 20.
Despite that, CSK’s struggles never ended, as their almighty slide began. Shankar’s lucky stay ended at 29 when he mistimed a sweep to deep backward square leg off Chakaravarthy, while a struggling Tripathi played all over an off-break from Moeen and was beaten on the inside edge before being castled for 16.
Dube, who was watching CSK’s slide from the other end, broke the 63-ball boundary drought by smashing Rana down the ground for four, before getting a top edge off Arora for another boundary. But while taking the second run, Dube pulled the muscles in his left leg, and despite that, he smashed a half-volley to long-off on the last ball of the innings to take CSK past 100.
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