MS Dhoni, playing the 200th match for captain CSK, could not do anything special with the bat. He could only score 18 runs off 17 balls. Dhoni lost his wicket in the affair of hitting a six with one hand.
In the death overs, he could only manage almost a run per ball inning, which could have made the difference if the RR batsmen had capitalised after setting the tone in the middle overs, with the dew factor coming into play during the second innings.
He admitted that it's difficult to "keep up" with the younger members of the team, but that it would be a "huge plus" for the 39-year-old if they can't point fingers at him over his fitness.
Dhoni, who retired from international cricket last year at the age of 39, stated that "getting old and being fit are two difficult things."
"When you are playing, you don't really want anyone to say he's unfit. I have to keep up with the younger guys. they are very fast; it's good to challenge them," Dhoni said after.
"Performances are something that's guaranteed. I wasn't guaranteeing performances when I was 24. I can't guarantee [that] when I am 40, but at least if people can't point finger at me that he's unfit, then that will be a big positive for me."
"The first six balls I played could have cost us in another game."
The Twitterati were swift to troll him for his slow innings as soon as he was out.
On his batting order, Gambhir also said, “MS Dhoni should be batting higher, that’s what matters because ultimately people should start leading from the front. We keep mentioning this thing that a leader needs to lead from the front. You can’t be leading, when you’re batting at No.7”.
“Plus, he is not the MS Dhoni, which he used to be probably four or five years back, where he could just come in and start taking on the bowlers from the word go. For me, I think he needs to bat at number four/ five. Nothing below that,” He said.