IPL 2019: We were just passing trophy to each other, says MS Dhoni

Chasing 150, CSK fell agonisingly short of clinching their fourth IPL title after they lost by just one run against Mumbai Indians in the finals

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lost a seesawing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 final to the Mumbai Indians in dramatic circumstances on Sunday night. After failing to retain the title, skipper MS Dhoni state that both the teams made a lot of mistakes, and kept ‘passing the trophy to each other’. Chasing 150, CSK fell agonisingly short of clinching their fourth IPL title after they lost by just one run against Mumbai Indians in the finals, here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday. "As a team, we had a good season. But I think we need to go back and reflect as to how we reached the finals, and I don't think it was one of those years where we played very good cricket and we got into the finals. I think there was plenty that could have been done from our side, especially in the middle-order batting, it never really clicked for us from the start, but somehow we were able to manage,” Dhoni said at the post-match presentation. He said if it was funny how both the teams kept on passing the trophy from one team to the other in the summit clash. "And looking at it as an IPL final, I think both the teams, it was quite funny: we were just passing the trophy to each other. We committed a lot of mistakes, and Mumbai Indians also did the same. At the end of the day the winning team was the one that committed one mistake less than the other team," said Dhoni. The wicketkeeper-batsman further said there was no hurry to go the drawing boards but expected the batsmen to step up in the next edition. “I think it was a very good final, it went close, the last ball, so couldn't have gone better, but overall I think we need to go back to the drawing board and see the areas where we need to improve for next season,” the CSK skipper said.