In the match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, Sandeep Sharma who plays for the Royals, talked about bowling against MS Dhoni. If a bowler has to defend 25 runs in an over against Dhoni, the bowler is under pressure. Even though Sandeep Sharma gave away two sixes in an over, he made a comeback by sealing the 3-run win for his team.
Dhoni smashed Sharma for a six in the final over even though Sandeep was bowling Yorkers. According to Sandeep, only Dhoni can hit sixes off Yorkers.
"I have been working with him on yorkers and it is coming nicely. I also think that the ball that was hit for six, the first one, was a tough ball, but only because it was Mahi bhai, he was able to hit it. So, I feel I executed nicely, but obviously, it is always nice to end up on the right side," he said in a video posted by IPL.
"The wicket was a bit slow, the spinners had bowled really well. Thanks to you that there were runs left to defend in the final over. So, I thought that I would start off with a slow bouncer, but that did not turn out well at all. That was not only a wide, but also one bouncer for the over, so I did not have too many options left," he added.
"The next ball I went for a yorker, but that also went for a wide. But I still backed myself, because I was looking to bowl to the bigger side of the ground. But when I went for two sixes in a row, I realized that I should change the angle. For the last ball, I backed myself to bowl the yorker, I bowl it well in the nets," stated the RR pacer.
Apart from Sandeep, Ashwin also scalped two wickets after giving away 25 runs. Chahal on the other hand also scalped 2 wickets for 27 runs in his four overs off quota.