Calm Dhoni says it’s more about ‘ dressing room atmosphere’
All- rounder Dwayne Bravo celebrated Chennai Super Kings’ victory with a dance in the dressing room.
Rajasthan Royals: Rahane c& b Kuldeep Yadav 46, R. Tripathi c& b Chawla 20, S. Samson c Scantlebury- Searles b Chawla 50, H. Klaasen ( not out) 18, S. Binny c Lynn b Prasidh Krishna 0, K. Gowtham ( not out) 9. Extras: ( w1) 1. Total ( for 4 wkts, in 20 overs) 144.
FoW: 1- 47, 2- 109, 3- 126, 4- 130
Bowling: Russell 3- 0- 22- 0, Prasidh Krishna 4- 0- 28- 1, Chawla 4- 0- 24- 2, Narine 4- 0- 39- 0 ( 1w), Yadav 4- 0- 18- 1, Scantlebury- Searles 1- 0- 13- 0. Mumbai, May 23: M. S. Dhoni was soaking in everything with his usual calm demeanour before attributing CSK’s seventh IPL final appearance to “dressing room atmosphere”, a far cry from the awe that was best summed up a popular teammate’s groovy tribute.
“We have been a very good team over the past ten seasons, but it’s more about the dressing room atmosphere,” Dhoni said.
The two- time World Cup winning captain added, “And you can’t do that without the players and the support staff. And if atmosphere is not good, then players go to different directions. But somehow, we have managed to keep our boys on track.”
All- rounder Dwayne Bravo celebrated the victory with a dance in the dressing room. A video of the same was posted on Twitter by Chennai Super Kings, in which Bravo and Harbhajan Singh are seen dancing in front of skipper Dhoni.
“Always happy when we win. Being in the top two gives you that liberty to have one more game.”
Du Plessis’ 67 off 42 balls enabled CSK to chase down a tricky target of 140 in 19.1 overs after being down at 92 for seven.
“Faf ’ s innings, is where experience counts. It’s not easy when you don’t play a lot of games but I always say you need to train your mind as well. That’s where the experience comes in. You visualise what your role is, how you can contribute and Faf has been brilliant,” Dhoni said.