Irfan Pathan criticizes CSK Superstar’s No. 9 stunt, saying, “Someone Has To Tell MS Dhoni…”

The previous India cricketer scrutinized CSK star MS Dhoni after the player emerged to bat at the number 9 spot during a match against the Punjab Kings.

Previous India cricketer Irfan Pathan scrutinized Chennai Super Kings headliner MS Dhoni after the player emerged to bat at the number 9 spot during his side’s match against Punjab Kings in the IPL 2024 game on Sunday. In the match in Dharamsala, Dhoni batted at the number 9 spot without precedent for his T20 vocation, and his innings finished with a brilliant duck as PBKS pacer Harshal Patel bowled him. Pathan thought that Dhoni ought to assume the liability and come to bat up the request.

“MS Dhoni batting at No. 9 doesn’t work for CSK; it doesn’t help the group’s goal. I realize that he is 42; however, he is in strong shape. He ought to be assuming the liability of batting up the request. He ought to bat for something like 4 to 5 overs. He is batting for the last finished or last 2 overs, and that doesn’t fill the need for CSK for a long haul,” Pathan told Star Sports, as cited by India Today.

Dhoni is having a wonderful season with the bat, scoring 110 across 7 innings at a normal of 55 and a strike pace of 224.49.

“It could happen that we will see CSK fit the bill for the end-of-season games from here on, and they need to win 90% of their games. As a legitimate senior who’s in structure, he really wants to bat up the request. He can’t be doing likewise that he has done on a significant number of events,” said Pathan.

“Indeed, he had an effect against Mumbai, yet here, when the group required him, you can’t send Shardul Thakur in front of yourself. You can’t see Dhoni batting at No. 9. Sameer Rizvi was additionally cushioned up in the fifteenth over. They need to figure out something; somebody needs to tell Dhoni, ‘Come on, mate, bat for 4 overs’,” he added.