‘Get a secure 11 for next year...’: CSK skipper MS Dhoni gives MASSIVE statement following MI defeat

Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni urged his teammates to do a bit of soul-searching with an eye on the bigger picture of creating a “secure eleven” for the 2026 IPL season following the defeat against the Mumbai Indians on Sunday.Dhoni hinted that players “aren’t applying themselves” but also said that he is closer to identifying the core for next year.“With all the games that are in front of us that we are supposed to win, we just take it one game at a time and if we lose a few, what will be important for us is to get the right combination for next year,” Dhoni said.

“You don’t want too many players getting changed, what will be important is to try and qualify, but if not get a secure 11 for next year and come back strong,” Dhoni added.The likes of Ayush Mhatre, Shaik Rasheed, Dewald Brevis, and Vansh Bedi are expected to form CSK’s batting core next year with Rachin Ravindra, skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and slogger Shivam Dube.Having already lost six out of eight games, the bottom-placed CSK will find it extremely difficult to win all their remaining six games to make it to the last four stage which looks like a long shot at the moment.



Dhoni rarely gives his opinion on any issue but he didn’t mince words in dissecting his team’s poor batting. CSK have consistently failed to either chase or put up big scores.“I think we were quite below par, because we all knew that dew will come in the second half and we were in a position to exploit the middle overs,” Dhoni said.

“I just felt that Bumrah being one of the best death bowlers in the world right now, once he (Bumrah) started early, that was the time we should have capitalised and started our slog slightly early,” Dhoni added.“And if even Bumrah also goes for runs, it’s a plus point. I think there were a few overs where we could have got slightly more runs.

We needed those runs because 175 with the dew around is not a par score,” Dhoni further said.The post ‘Get a secure 11 for next year..

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