Dhoni’s showdown with umpires probably not right, says Buttler

Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler said Chennai Super Kings’ skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was “probably not right” in stepping on to the field to argue with the umpires during their IPL match in Jaipur on Thursday.

Dhoni lost his cool and rushed into the field of play toconfront Indian umpire Ulhas Gandhe after he flip-flopped on a no ball onThursday night, which led to a fine on the former Indian captain.

   

CSK went on to win the match by four wickets with MitchellSantner smashing Ben Stokes into the stands off the final delivery.

“I was fielding at the boundary so I am not sure what hadactually happened. I am not sure if that was the right thing to do,” Buttlersaid at the post-match conference.

“Obviously, tensions are running high in the IPL and everyrun counts and it was probably a big moment in the game, but whether steppingonto the pitch is quite right – I’d say, probably not.”

Rajasthan Royals suffered its fifth loss of the season,after being in a commanding position against the Chennai Super Kings, asituation it has regularly faced this season.

 “It (the loss) is atough one to take, getting in a position to win the game but not being able toget over the line. The boys will be very disappointed but that has been thestory of our season so far,” Buttler said.

Rajasthan has failed to seize opportunities and thewicket-keeper admitted that his side will have to learn the art of closingmatches.

“We have had some games which we should have won but havenot been able to do it for a few reasons. We have to play better and forlonger.”

“We got to a nice start tonight, I couldn’t go further andcapitalise on that and coming in in the middle overs in this ground is aparticulary tricky period of the game to play, it’s not easy wicket to come andstart your innings on in the middle overs,” said Buttler, who scored 23 off 10balls.

After posting a modest target of 152, Rajasthan had thedefending champions reeling at 24-4 before Dhoni and Amabati Rayudu stitched a95-run crucial partnership.

“Our bowling innings started brilliantly we got them four wickets down very early but then we weren’t able to break down the next partnership of Rayudu and Dhoni which was crucial in the game,” Buttler said. Despite good individual performances throughout the season, Rajasthan’s bowling and batting unit have failed to perform in tandem.

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