Former Australia and Chennai Tremendous Kings batter Michael Hussey, who’s at the moment the batting coach of the franchise, claimed that skipper MS Dhoni continues to be hitting the ball cleanly as he used to. Hussey has been observing Dhoni’s return to the cricket discipline after a historic 2023 12 months which noticed him develop into the joint-most profitable IPL captain.
With MS Dhoni staging his aggressive return and probably taking part in his final season of IPL, Michael Hussey believes that he may not be capable to run that shortly however he nonetheless can hit clear strikes in the direction of the backend of an innings. The Aussie did verify that Dhoni has been doing fairly nicely within the nets and that it’s nice to see him again.
Watch – MS Dhoni hit some clear strikes throughout CSK’s open web session
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Whereas talking at a latest native cricket occasion in Chennai, Michael Hussey made this specific admission about MS Dhoni hitting the ball extraordinarily nicely and never seeming as if he’s returning after a 12 months. He additionally supplied an enormous replace on Dhoni’s knee points, saying that the wicketkeeper-batsman is absolutely high-quality.
“He’s making ready very well. His knee appears good at this stage. And he’s batting extraordinarily nicely for the time being. I need to admit he’s like Benjamin Button! He retains getting higher.”
“He’s not as younger as he was once. So, the scampering between the wickets goes to be tougher for him. However on the again finish of the innings, the place there’s not as a lot sprinting, he can nonetheless hit the ball very cleanly. And he’s hitting the ball extraordinarily nicely for the time being. It’s nice to see,” Hussey stated through Sportstar.
In that interview, Hussey had additionally make clear CSK’s new purchase Sameer Rizvi who pocketed 8.40 crores in the course of the participant public sale final 12 months in Dubai’s Coca-Cola area. The batting coach revealed that Rizvi will probably be in rivalry to play CSK’s opening match as he can, and may as nicely develop into a like-to-like substitute for Ambati Rayudu who retired final 12 months.
Hussey additionally spoke concerning the accidents of Devon Conway and Matheesha Pathirana which is able to see them miss out on Chennai’s first few video games. The Australian acknowledged that even when they’re world-class gamers, CSK have sufficient depth of their squad to make up for his or her absence.
Whereas a lot of the gamers within the staff are taking part in aspect roles, it’s MS Dhoni who would be the main character of the staff who is likely to be having his final dance within the event. If 2024 actually goes to be his last season then all of his followers will probably be hoping to rewind the clock and carry out the best way he did within the few seasons of his final decade.
If something, MS Dhoni followers will again him to return larger within the order present extra of his blistering six-hitting prowess, and have a season like he had in 2008, 2013, 2018, and 2019 when he crossed the 400-run mark within the league. In the meantime, the excellent news that has arrived from Bangladesh confirms that Mustafizur Rahman has flown to India to hitch CSK for IPL 2024.
CSK Full squad for IPL 2024
MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.
