West Indies legend Brian Lara has noted that former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is coming
to bat at No 7-8 position for Chennai Super Kings but does not like to bat higher to give
younger players opportunities to excel at the top.
Speaking exclusively to Star Sports Cricket Live, Lara shared his thoughts on MS Dhoni’s batting against Lucknow Super Giants after the former CSK captain hammered a 9-ball unbeaten 28 to help his team reach 176/6 in 20 overs at the Ekana Stadium on Friday night.However, CSK ended on the losing side despite Dhoni’s cameo as K.L. Rahul (82) and Quinton de Kock (54) shared a 134-run opening partnership to guide LSG to an eight-wicket victory.
Lara said Dhoni’s knock was just brilliant. “It’s just brilliant. The question has to be asked would you like to
bat higher? Because I can see he’s making valuable contributions. But there are a couple of losing causes as well. So, I think that should be a consideration,” he said.
“At 42, he’s most likely thinking from the team’s point of view, that the young guys got to do the job. But I think the middle of the innings told a little bit too much about CSK’s batting. And it created the fact that
even though he exploded at the end and he did that Dhoni thing at the end and it still was not enough,” said Lara.
The West Indies legend said that CSK will have to go to the drawing board to little bit more aggressive throughout the innings.