|| CF Correspondent ||

MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) started their campaign with a stunning win over Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2020. However, Chennai made some changes in their batting order where, with much surprise, Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran were promoted.

While chasing 163 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, both Jadeja (10 off 5) and Curran (18 off 6) played important cameos while half-centurions from Ambati Rayudu and Faf du Plessis sealed the deal. While talking about this, Dhoni explained it was a tactical decision to 'intimidate' the opposition bowlers as well.

"One thing we haven't done is... people keep saying if you keep doing the same thing, you'll keep getting the same result. I don't think we're disappointed with the result but at some point of time I feel we need to give Jadeja and somebody like Sam a chance to go up the order and express themselves," Dhoni said in the post-match presentation.

"This was an ideal scenario because if you look at their bowling, you have two overs of spinners with one leg spinner (Rahul Chahar) and a left arm (Krunal Pandya). It was an ideal way of saying we are going to intimidate the bowler by saying okay he has been sent to do one thing - swing. Doesn't mean he'll hit everything but it was a psychological thing of saying that okay, we have batsmen and we bat deep, so we'll send one or two of them up to hit a few," he further added.

Dhoni, however, pleased with the effort his team showed, although he said that the bowlers took time to adjust with the conditions in UAE. However, he said that there are a lot of areas to improve.