'It Has Been a Tough Year for Ruturaj Gaikwad' - MS Dhoni
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|| India Correspondent ||
Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni was all in praise of young talent Ruturaj Gaikwad, who scored an unbeaten 51-ball 65 and helped the team beat Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday in the ongoing IPL 2020 in Dubai.
Dhoni, who had recently came in the news after criticizing the youngsters as they failed to see the 'spark' in them, was happy after Gaikwad did well. He had scores of 0, 5 and 0 in his earlier games.
"Rutu batted well. He backed himself to play the shots he is known for. Looking to time the ball, if you look for four, you can get six," Dhoni said at the post-match presentation.
"This year has been tough for Rutu. He batted a bit in Chennai (in the camp), and then came here and got COVID, had to go into quarantine and had a long break. It was tough, even in the last game (against MI), it happens in cricket that you face one of the best bowlers in the world and you get out. People will try their best, the coaches will help you out and support but ultimately you have to battle it out. After the first single, he grew in confidence," he again shared.
MS Dhoni also referred to CSK's eight-wicket win as one of the perfect matches for them so far in the ongoing tournament as all the plans worked in their way and they executed too. Even they had a good start too.
"We kept picking wickets in the middle overs, and kept them to a total that was slightly below par. Through the tournament, we've not been able to get wickets in the middle overs which had cost us a lot of runs in the death overs. So maybe that's where we were lacking,” he concluded.
