‘MS Dhoni will be batting….will hit a six to finish the match’: Mike Hussey makes a prediction about DC vs CSK in Vizag

Chennai Super Kings’ batting coach Michael Hussey has an idea as to how his side’s meeting against the Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam on Sunday will unravel. And it’s one the defending champions and their fans would dig.

“My prediction for the last over of the match is that MS Dhoni will be batting. The crowd will be roaring and MSD will hit a six to finish the match,” Hussey said in a recent video uploaded by IPL on their social media.

Dhoni, who stepped down from his captaincy role and was succeeded by Ruturaj Gaikwad, is yet to bat this season. While CSK won their first game by only losing four wickets in a chase against RCB, despite losing as many as six in their last game against Gujarat, Dhoni didn’t bat.

After the game in Chennai earlier this week, Hussey had said, “I think we were all expecting MSD to come out and play those last sort of a few balls. But they realised that he [Sameer Rizvi] has got some natural power against spin and that is why they wanted to send the youngster out. And, you know, he delivered two sixes at the end, which was great for his confidence.”

Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni before the IPL 2024 match against the Gujarat Titans at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. (PTI Photo)

“With the Impact Player rule coming in, we have basically got an extra batsman and an extra bowler throughout the game. So the batting order keeps lengthening. I think we have MSD at number eight. Which is crazy, you know, and MSD is batting really well at the moment as well,” he added.

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Having scored in access of 400 runs in the 2018 and 2019 season, Dhoni hasn’t been able to cross the 250 mark in any of the following seasons and has batted lower down the order.

Last season, leading the team to their fifth title, Dhoni had scored 104 runs, with his highest in a single innings being 32*.

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