‘Dhoni is not a soothsayer …’: Fleming cautions towards anticipating immediate CSK revival | Cricket Information

MS Dhoni (left) speaks to CSK head coach Stephen Fleming through the observe session. (PTI Photograph)

NEW DELHI: Chennai Tremendous Kings head coach Stephen Fleming admitted that turning round their woeful IPL 2025 marketing campaign could be a “huge problem,” emphasising that MS Dhoni’s return as captain, following Ruturaj Gaikwad’s damage, isn’t a magical resolution.
“His [Dhoni’s] affect will at all times be outstanding, however he isn’t a soothsayer, he hasn’t received a magic wand,” Fleming instructed reporters forward of CSK’s conflict with Lucknow Tremendous Giants on Monday. “He cannot simply rub it over the facet in any other case he would have introduced it out earlier. It is a case of us working very laborious together with MS to show it round and definitely in each of our cricketing careers, we have been in conditions that require a whole lot of vitality and we have got to make it possible for the vitality is put in the fitting place.”
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With 5 consecutive defeats leaving CSK anchored on the backside of the desk, together with a crushing loss to KKR the place they posted their lowest-ever whole at Chepauk (103/9), Fleming stated the squad is hurting and present process deep introspection.
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“The disappointing facet specifically the final recreation was the shortage of competitors we put up and that harm quite a bit,” he stated. “There’s definitely been a whole lot of inner soul-searching… but it surely’s not about phrases, it’s about gamers grabbing the second, discovering type, and shaking off apprehension.”

Fleming additionally mirrored on the broader nature of T20 cricket: “I do know there’s a fascination with energy and six-hitting, however there’s nonetheless room for craft… I’d be very unhappy if it simply turned a baseball competitors.”

Waiting for Monday’s recreation towards a high-flying LSG, Fleming confirmed Shivam Dube is more likely to be match and careworn the significance of containing Nicholas Pooran. “He’s the perfect participant on the earth in the intervening time by far — constant, highly effective and an actual menace.”