IPL 2023 | Dhoni will be banned if CSK bowlers don't buck up: Sehwag
The Hindu
Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels Chennai Super Kings’ bowlers are repeatedly letting M.S. Dhoni down and has urged them to “buck up” to avoid the risk of getting their talismanic skipper “banned”.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels Chennai Super Kings' bowlers are repeatedly letting M.S. Dhoni down and has urged them to "buck up" to avoid the risk of getting their talismanic skipper "banned".
CSK posted an imposing 226/6 in their IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday, but Dhoni struggled to defend the total with his bowlers conceding six wides before prevailing over by eight runs.
"Dhoni was not looking happy because he has mentioned it before that he wants the bowlers to reduce the number of no balls and wides," Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.
"It shouldn't go to a stage where Dhoni gets banned and CSK has to take the field without their captain."
In all, CSK bowled as many as 11 extras against RCB.
The four-time IPL champions had leaked 18 runs in extras against Lucknow Super Giants earlier and Dhoni had warned them to cut down on extras or be ready to "play under a new captain".
"Dhoni has said earlier too to restrict wides and no balls. And to bowl six wides, is really disappointing," Sehwag said.
He has worn India’s blues, albeit in an Under-19 World Cup, with K.L. Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat as his teammates. He has proudly adorned the Lion’s Crest — the famed Mumbai cricket logo — in all three formats. He has played with Yuvraj Singh, against Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid and has the likes of Rahul and Joe Root in his illustrious list of dismissals. He is also a software developer for an IT giant, based in California. Virtually every middle-class Indian over the last three decades at some stage dreams of being either a cricketer or an IT professional. Saurabh Netravalkar has been combining two dreams, even after relocating to USA to pursue academics at the prestigious Cornell University in 2015.