XtraTime Web Desk: From now on Indian Premier League should be called Chennai Super Kings Premier League as MS Dhoni led side reached the final again. In 12 years of IPL the men in yellow have reached the final for 8 times. After beating Delhi Capitals in the second playoff to reach final Dhoni gave all the credits to his boys after an easy win.”It’s the usual route, last year was an exception (to get to the final through the eliminator and second qualifier). The kind of response the boys gave was brilliant. You’ll go for runs, miss a few catches, but it’s important to come back strong. The way we batted to chase down 140+ was really nice. That’s what the 7:30 start does, the ground staff feel obliged to water it, and it’s a little tacky initially – making it difficult to score. The spinners got more turn because of that. The bowling effort was brilliant, and we kept it in the right areas, not allowing Delhi to get a big score,” said Dhoni at the post match presentation ceremony.
Dhoni praised his spinners to come good throughout the season.”I think the credit needs to go to the spinners: the captain only asks them that I will use you at this point of time. When they get the ball, it’s up to them. Experience counts, but they have to do the hard yards to stay fit for 45-50 days and be at their best and playing in hot conditions. We are happy we haven’t had many injuries (other than the players at the start) and thanks to the bowling department for that – we are here because of them,” added Dhoni.
Du Plessis wasn’t doing well in last few games but he revealed that they had a lot of confidence on them as a team.” We spoke about it before the game – didn’t have the best run in the last 5-6 games. We have a lot of confidence as a team to win a lot of big games – so we draw confidence from that,”said Du Plessis. The Proteas captain is confident that he and Watson can again give this kind of start to the team in final as well.” Watto thanked me already (laughs) for scoring quickly at the beginning before he got set. Hopefully we can both get them off the meat in the final right from the word go,” added the CSK opener.