Dwayne Bravo lavished praise on Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni, who produced a match-winning knock for CSK vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL 2019 clash at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday night.
Bravo had the best seat in the house as Dhoni teed off andsmashed an unbeaten 75 off 46 balls, including four sixes and as many fours. MSDhoni’s stunning batting performance helped hosts CSK post 175 for five,despite being reduced to 27 for three in the first five overs.
Following Dhoni’s heroics with the bat, Dwayne Bravo was allpraise for his captain and revealed what it is to bat with the former Indiacaptain.
“He is very calm and composed. He knows his game, heknows his strength. For me it’s just a matter of feeding off his energy. Heencouraged me to be positive. I enjoy batting with him because he makes battinglook so easy,” Dwayne Bravo said during a conversation with CSK teammateSam Billings.
CSK were tottering at 27 for three when MS Dhoni walked in.With Suresh Raina (36) for company, Dhoni added 61 runs for the fourth wicket,pushing the ball around and later the former India skipper raised a 56-runstand with Dwayne Bravo, who added scored a quickfire 27 off 16 balls.
Royals were disciplined throughout but pacer Jaydev Unadkat(1/54) conceded 28 runs in the final over with Dhoni finding three of his foursixes in that over after Ravindra Jadeja (8) lofted the paceman for a maximum.
Rajasthan Royals needed someone to play a Dhoni-like inningsbut none took that responsibility and they could manage 167 for 8, sufferingtheir third defeat in as many matches.