MS Dhoni was a lot cooler captaincy than Eoin Morgan in IPL 2021. Hogg mentions the stark difference in captaincy between Eoin Morgan and MS Dhoni. Especially, when both sides were subjected to similar pressure situations. Dhoni added a fourth IPL title to his respected career as the Chennai-based franchise. Also, managed to defend their total against KKR in Dubai. Hogg considers how in both the keeper squandered chances for an early breakthrough. Dinesh Karthik missed out on a stumping which would have sent back Faf du Plessis. MS Dhoni reduces a relatively simple chance to dismiss Venkatesh Iyer.
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Moreover, both of those openers went on to score big runs. But CSK was able to pull things back. Despite the missed chance. While speaking on his YouTube channel.
“Both the keepers had a bit of a nightmare early on. Karthik missing the stumping of du Plessis was a big momemt in the game and then we had MS Dhoni, the legend, dropping Venkatesh Iyer early on, and then he also played a good knock,” Hogg said.
“If Iyer had knocked around for around 3 or 4 more overs he could have got KKR into a more commanding position because Gill was not able to up the tempo. I’ve got to say MS Dhoni was a little bit cooler than Morgan when it came to captaincy,” Hogg added.
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Lastly, Eoin Morgan struggled to put a hold on CSK’s tempo. In the first innings, especially in the middle overs. Three significant partnerships from the CSK unit meant that KKR had a mammoth total. Also, to chase to win their third IPL crown.
“MS Dhoni was not running upto his bowlers and trying to slow things down and make sure they were ready with the plan. When you go into the finals, you don’t want to try and change the momentum, you have to make sure the bowlers are in rhythm. Morgan was standing in front of the bowler during the back end of the CSK innings, what that does to a bowler is that he loses his momentum and tends to be negative as well,” Hogg added.
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