The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) dressing room was emotional watching their captain MS Dhoni’s innings on Sunday against the Delhi Capitals in the first Qualifier of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL), said head coach Stephen Fleming.
Fleming said that he had a lot of conversations with Dhoni before the latter went out to bat. “There was a lot of chat. I think we spoke more in these 20 overs than we have for a long time. Just a lot of technical discussion, maneuvering how to work out how it was going to unfold. I’ll tell you what, when the captain gets that look in his eyes and says that he’ll go, it’s been well documented that he has done that, and today was one of those. So, I ain’t holding him back and we saw the result of that,” he said.
“He has had a long time out and he has been training hard and the opportunity came up. When opportunities are given, we tend to stick with players a bit longer than the rest and he repaid that in bucketloads. Right from the first ball his intent was good and without doubt, that partnership set the game up for us,” he said.
