IPL 2021: MS Dhoni gives update on Ambati Rayudu’s injury after triumph against Mumbai Indians

IPL 2021: MS Dhoni gives update on Ambati Rayudu’s injury after triumph against Mumbai Indians

MS Dhoni feels Ambati Rayudu will be fit and available for the next match

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni has shared an update on his teammate, Ambati Rayudu’s injury status. The 35-year-old was out retired hurt against Mumbai Indians (MI) during match 30 in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. 

Ambati Rayudu was hit on his elbow from a quick delivery off MI speedster Adam Milne on Sunday. His knock lasted just three balls as he returned to the pavilion without troubling the scoreboard. On this, MSD said that Rayudu was smiling in the change room, so there isn’t a fracture. 

‘It depends on the situation. Rayudu was smiling, so he hasn’t broken his arm. He has four days now and that should help him,” the CSK skipper informed.

MS Dhoni hails MOM Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad

The CSK captain also showered praises for young opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad, who smashed 88* off just 58 balls under pressure. Batting first, the Chennai-based franchise lost as many as four crucial wickets inside the powerplay. However, Gaikwad, alongside Ravindra Jadeja (26) and Dwayne Bravo (23) stayed till the end to help CSK post a decent total of 156-6 on the board at the end of their 20 overs.

Dhoni stated that the team would have been satisfied with a score of around 140 runs due to the double-paced nature of the pitch.  

“I think at 30/4, you want to get something respectable on the board and Ruturaj and Bravo got us more than what we expected. We had to bat exceptionally to get to 140, but to get to 160 was tremendous,” MS Dhoni said at the post-match ceremony.

“The wicket was slightly two-paced and slow to start off with. Most of them got out to slower ones. If you come later and you want to go hard and that’s why we lost wickets. I would have tried to get into the eighth or ninth over and then take it from there. You always think you could have gone harder earlier, but with wickets down, it was a risk. There’s always a catch, one batter played till the end and the others contributed well,” he added.

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