Speaking exclusively to Star Sports Cricket Live, Lara shared his thoughts on M Dhoni's batting against Lucknow Super Giants, after the former CSK captain led his team with an unbeaten 28 off 9 balls at the Ekana Stadium on Friday night. Helped India reach 176/6 in 20 overs. ,
However, K.L. CSK lost despite Dhoni's cameo. Rahul (82) and Quinton de Kock (54) made an opening partnership of 134 runs to help LSG win by eight wickets.
Lara said that Dhoni's innings was brilliant. “It's wonderful.The question has to be asked, would you like to bat higher? Because I can see that he is making a valuable contribution. But there are some reasons for defeat also. So, think it should be considered,” he said.
"At the age of 42, he might be thinking from the team's point of view that the younger guys have to do the job. But I think the middle of the innings spoke volumes about CSK's batting.And that led to the fact that even though his anger came out in the end and he did the Dhoni thing in the end and still it was not enough,'' Lara said.
The West Indies legend said that CSK will have to go to the drawing board by being a little more aggressive throughout the innings.
"So, I think they have to go back to the drawing board. And realize that they need to be a little more aggressive throughout the innings. Because at the last end, you have the guy coming in.And if he gets two-three overs, like he did against Mumbai Indians, and takes them above 200. They need to think about it all the time,'' he said.
Speaking exclusively to Star Sports Cricket Live, Lara shared his thoughts about the moments when Dhoni comes out to bat and how much support he gets from his presence during a CSK match.
"It's a fantastic part of the game. I've said it again and again, when you have a 42-year-old guy, a legend, an icon of the game, someone who has played IPL for so many years and you don't do that."I don't know when he's going to say, hey, this. He comes to bat and I think it's just a moment to enjoy and I'm going to feel amazing about it, but then he goes out. And does business.
“And at 42, you're thinking, OK, let's strategize. We need to put this guy in a certain position to make sure we can win games because he's going to be there, he Scoring runs on the board and probably on the back of some poor batting or partnerships.
“So at the moment he's in a dilemma because he probably loves what he's doing.He is 42 years old and has gloves on his hands. He is batting at seven or eight and he is contributing in the five or 10 balls he faces. He doesn't need to look and say, listen, I might have to move up the order because I need a little more runs. Is. He has batted five or six times so far and has been unbeaten, so any team making a strategy would say, okay, obviously you have to move forward, but I don't think he will do that,'' Lara told Star. Told Sports.
Lara also praised Dhoni's fitness and running between the wickets.
"He is doing that even today and we must make sure that he is ready for all the matches for CSK in this IPL. But yes, running between the wickets where he is aware of the situation and knows the matchup for him exactly Correct." matchup. And it looked like when you look at the counter, there are two umpires, 11 fielders and a bowler, and then there are these fans, and they look like spectators when he hits the ball. He can't get it, the fielders are looking at his head, he can't get it, he has written it very well," Lara said.
However, K.L. CSK lost despite Dhoni's cameo. Rahul (82) and Quinton de Kock (54) made an opening partnership of 134 runs to help LSG win by eight wickets.
Lara said that Dhoni's innings was brilliant. “It's wonderful.The question has to be asked, would you like to bat higher? Because I can see that he is making a valuable contribution. But there are some reasons for defeat also. So, think it should be considered,” he said.
"At the age of 42, he might be thinking from the team's point of view that the younger guys have to do the job. But I think the middle of the innings spoke volumes about CSK's batting.And that led to the fact that even though his anger came out in the end and he did the Dhoni thing in the end and still it was not enough,'' Lara said.
The West Indies legend said that CSK will have to go to the drawing board by being a little more aggressive throughout the innings.
"So, I think they have to go back to the drawing board. And realize that they need to be a little more aggressive throughout the innings. Because at the last end, you have the guy coming in.And if he gets two-three overs, like he did against Mumbai Indians, and takes them above 200. They need to think about it all the time,'' he said.
Speaking exclusively to Star Sports Cricket Live, Lara shared his thoughts about the moments when Dhoni comes out to bat and how much support he gets from his presence during a CSK match.
"It's a fantastic part of the game. I've said it again and again, when you have a 42-year-old guy, a legend, an icon of the game, someone who has played IPL for so many years and you don't do that."I don't know when he's going to say, hey, this. He comes to bat and I think it's just a moment to enjoy and I'm going to feel amazing about it, but then he goes out. And does business.
“And at 42, you're thinking, OK, let's strategize. We need to put this guy in a certain position to make sure we can win games because he's going to be there, he Scoring runs on the board and probably on the back of some poor batting or partnerships.
“So at the moment he's in a dilemma because he probably loves what he's doing.He is 42 years old and has gloves on his hands. He is batting at seven or eight and he is contributing in the five or 10 balls he faces. He doesn't need to look and say, listen, I might have to move up the order because I need a little more runs. Is. He has batted five or six times so far and has been unbeaten, so any team making a strategy would say, okay, obviously you have to move forward, but I don't think he will do that,'' Lara told Star. Told Sports.
Lara also praised Dhoni's fitness and running between the wickets.
"He is doing that even today and we must make sure that he is ready for all the matches for CSK in this IPL. But yes, running between the wickets where he is aware of the situation and knows the matchup for him exactly Correct." matchup. And it looked like when you look at the counter, there are two umpires, 11 fielders and a bowler, and then there are these fans, and they look like spectators when he hits the ball. He can't get it, the fielders are looking at his head, he can't get it, he has written it very well," Lara said.
