His rival captain Steve Smith praised Jofra Archer’s big hits in the last over that eventually changed the game.
The extended two-week quarantine of Chennai Super Kings unit did hamper his preparations as he didn’t get a chance to bat for a long time, said skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni after his team’s 16 runs defeat to Rajasthan Royals in their second IPL game here on Tuesday.
Dhoni came in to bat at No 7 sending the likes of Sam Curran and Kedar Jadhav ahead of him in a mammoth 217-run chase.
Asked why he came so low, the CSK skipper said, “I haven’t batted for a long time. 14-day quarantine doesn’t help.”
Dhoni’s reference was to CSK’s extra one-week quarantine after 13 people in their contingent tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in missing out on important training sessions. He was not out on 29 off 17 balls with three sixes in the last over.
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