But the charismatic skipper had a phrase of recommendation for the 20-year previous, who has earned the moniker ‘Baby Malinga’ for his bowling motion which is analogous to the Lankan nice, – ‘don’t play red-ball cricket, in fact don’t even get close to it’.
Pathirana together with his sling arm motion gained the Man-of-the-Match award in Chennai after returning glorious figures of three for 15 in CSK’s six-wicket win in opposition to Mumbai Indians.
Dhoni saved the bowler’s sling motion, which may very well be vulnerable to accidents, in thoughts as he cautioned Pathirana and in addition the Sri Lankan cricket directors in opposition to taking part in him in all codecs of the sport.
“People who don’t have any clean action, batsmen have a difficult time picking it. But his consistency, pace makes him special,” Dhoni mentioned on the post-match presentation.
“I feel he should not play red-ball cricket, not even get close to it, he can play only ICC tournaments. He is young and he would be a great asset for Sri Lankan cricket. Last time he came, he was lean but now he has put on muscle and is stronger.”
Dhoni opted to bowl first after successful the toss. He revealed he had needed to bat first, however was outnumbered within the workforce assembly.
“I was doubtful with the decision at the toss, I wanted to bat first but the think tank thought about the rain, I was slightly outnumbered and so we went with the majority.
“If there’s some form of a confusion then we sit and speak about it. I felt the wicket will decelerate and that was the explanation behind it, and even when rain comes then the vast majority of the sport would have been performed,” he said.
Dhoni said it was a crucial win as it gives them some cushion.
“It was a really essential recreation for a easy cause, if you happen to see the factors desk there is a muddle. Last few video games the outcomes haven’t gone in our favour and so it’s good to be on the successful aspect.”
Put in to bat, Rohit Sharma’s MI had been restricted to a below-par 139 for eight of their allotted 20 overs, after which noticed CSK chase down the goal of 140 in 17.4 overs.
Asked what went mistaken within the recreation, Rohit mentioned, “Everywhere I suppose, we did not bat nicely sufficient, did not put sufficient runs for the bowlers to defend. We had an off-day as a batting unit.”
On him going in at number three instead of opening, he said, “We simply did what we felt was comfy, 3), wanted an Indian batter to bat within the center overs in opposition to spin after sadly dropping Tilak Varma, however we misplaced three wickets for simply 16 runs.
“There’s no such home advantage this season, everyone has won and lost at home, we need to do well in all the three departments of the game, we’ll play at home in the next two games, we’ll see how it goes,” Rohit added.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com