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    The match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals has to be one of the most boring matches this season, especially when it was preceded by the brilliant double Super Over clash between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians.
    CSK managed to score 125 runs which is the lowest first innings total this season and the Royals were able to easily chase it down with two and a half overs to spare. Jos Buttler, who smashed an unbeaten 70 off 48 deliveries received ‘Man of the Match’.
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    Other than that, there was simply very little to talk about from whatever happened on the field. Oh, and CSK absolutely sucked.
    Off the field, however, what caught everyone’s attention was Chennai skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s comments about his own teammates and how it felt as if the 39-year-old veteran has already given up on all intentions of going ahead in the tournament, at least this season.
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    After the disappointing defeat in his 200th IPL match, Dhoni said: 
    “You don’t want to chop and change. Insecurity is something you don’t want to prevail in the dressing room. Fair enough, this season we weren’t really there.”The skipper then went on to criticise his own teammates, especially the young blood for not showing the “spark”. He said: 
    “Also the youngsters, we didn’t see the spark to push the guys. But what this result has done is give those youngsters a chance in the rest of the tournament. Maybe going forward we bring them in and they play without pressure.” View this post on InstagramA post shared by (@chennaiipl)
    While nobody questioned Dhoni’s ability to lead a team to a title in the past, for him to throw his team’s youngsters under the bus like that, especially this season when the skipper himself has failed to leave an impact, is not justified.
    A season high of 47 runs while playing with a strike rate of 125.19, Dhoni has not only lost 70% of his matches this year but has also been criticised for not showing the intent to win.
    Ha ha ha , they are out of the season. This ipl is over for them. . Good to see the points table. pic.twitter.com/ab8M9A1vWb
    — basuCHANDAKi (@basuCHANDAKi) October 20, 2020
    Early in the season, one of his biggest critics in Gautam Gambhir had called the captain out for “not leading the team from the front” when he had promoted relatively inexperienced players like Sam Curran and Kedar Jadhav ahead of him in the batting order during a chase.
    The lack of intent isn’t new either. Back in 2019 when India lost their first match in the World Cup against England, it was all-rounder Ben Stokes who pointed out how there was no sense of willingness, no sense of urgency in the way Dhoni was performing on the pitch, when his team, his country needed him to play like the finisher he used to be.
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    To the fans who blindly follow ‘Captain Cool’, I understand that MS Dhoni has led Chennai Super Kings to three remarkable IPL titles, making the franchise one of the most successful in league history but you can’t bask in the glory of the past forever.

    Every season is a new one and if you are one of those rare athletes your franchise paid massive sums of money to retain, you can’t afford to shift the blame on the less experienced, definitely not when you are the leader of the squad.
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    “Step up or step aside,” that has to be one of the few basic lessons the world of sports teaches everyone involved in the fraternity. If you feel you are too old for being the best player on the field, then retire. Otherwise, show up when the team wants you the most.
    You’ve been doing it all your career, MS Dhoni. Time to do it again.

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