It’s a kind of game where you learn a lot, says Dhoni after CSK got out for 97

TIL Desk Sports/ Chennai Super Kings’ skipper MS Dhoni said the five-wicket defeat against Mumbai Indians in which his team was bundled out for 97, was a good learning experience for his batters on how to bat in conditions helping the bowlers.

On a Wankhede pitch that had some juice and was helping the pacers till late into the match, Mumbai Indians’ bowlers Daniel Sams claimed 3/16, and Riley Meredith and Kumar Kartikeya bagged 2/27 and 2/22 respectively as Chennai Super Kings were bowled out for 97 in 16 overs.

They, however, came back to reduce Mumbai Indians to 33/4 before the five-time champions recovered thanks to sensible batting by Tilak Varma (34 not out, 32 balls, 4×4), Hrithik Shokeen (18, 23 balls, 2 x 4) and Tim David (16 not out, 7 balls, 6 x 2) to reach 103/5 in 14.5 overs to romp to a five-wicket victory.

Though some of his batters got out to good deliveries, Dhoni felt the others could have done better — Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube in particular were looking good before playing shots they should not have.