Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni was left stunned after he was presented with the Player Of The Match award after the victory against Lucknow Super Giants on Monday. Dhoni hit 26 off mere 11 balls with the support of 4 fours and a six to help his team finish an electrifying run chase. Due to his brilliant performance, Dhoni emerged as the oldest winner of the Man of the Match award in the history of IPL. Yet, he commented that he did not expect it and even reminded that a player like CSK spinner Noor Ahmad also should have received it for his brilliant performance. “Even today I was like – “why are they giving me the award ?”Noor bowled really well,” Dhoni added during the post-match presentation.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are currently placed at the bottom of the points table of IPL 2025 with only their second victory.

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MS Dhoni Reflects on the Team’s Struggles

“It’s good to win a game. When you play a tournament like this, you want to win games. Unfortunately the [earlier] matches didn’t go our way for whatever reasons. There can be lots of reasons. It’s good to have a win on our side. Gives confidence to the whole team and helps us improve in areas we want to improve. We all knew that when it doesn’t come your way in cricket, God makes it very tough, and it was a tough game. If you see the powerplay, whether it was the combination or the conditions, we were struggling with the ball. And then we weren’t able to get the start we wanted as a batting unit.”

Pitch Conditions and Batting Concerns

“Also the fall of wickets. We keep losing wickets at the wrong time to some extent. One of the reasons could be that the Chennai wicket is slightly on the slower side. When we have played away from home, the batting unit has done slightly better. Maybe we need to play on wickets that are slightly better so that it’ll give the batters confidence to play their shots. You don’t want to play timid cricket.”

MS Dhoni on Bowling Adjustments and Player Praise

“We were putting too much pressure on Ash. He was bowling two overs in the first six. We made changes and this looks like a better attack. As a bowling unit we’ve done well. As a batting unit, we can do better. Roles and responsibilities – that’s what we talk about. If you get off to a good start, and you’re someone who can play through the innings, then why not. I think he batted really well today.”

“He has been with us for quite a few years (Shaik Rasheed). This year he has been batting really well in the nets against both pacers and spinners. It’s just the start. He has the capability to dominate with authentic shots,” the former Indian cricket team captain added.