Veteran MS Dhoni decided to bat at number nine in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the current IPL 2025. Chasing 197 runs at the home ground, Chennai Super Kings were reduced to 26/3 at one time and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Given the situation, Dhoni was expected to promote himself in batting order, but he did not do so and came to bat at number 9. Now from cricket fans to experts, Dhoni is questioning this decision.

Rachin did not get anyone with

Let us know that CSK started chasing the target of 197 runs, it was not good. Rahul Tripathi, who came to opening, was dismissed after scoring 5 runs, after which captain Rituraj Gaikwad also kept running without opening an account. Deepak Hooda was sent to number four, but he too could not show much amazing and returned to the pavilion after scoring 4 runs. CSK's three wickets fell within 26 runs. Rachin Ravindra tried to handle the innings in association with Sam Karan. But Sam Karan caught Krunal Pandya off his compatriot cricketer Livingston. After this, wickets kept falling at regular intervals of CSK.

CSK's wickets kept falling continuously

On the other hand, with the fall of the wicket, every run rate was also increasing continuously, this increased the pressure on the CSK batsmen. After the wicket of Shivam Dubey fell, cricket fans felt that Dhoni would probably come to bat number 7, but he did not do so and sent Ravindra Jadeja to bat, Dhoni did not come even at number eight, it shocked the fans. Till now, Chennai's hopes of victory were also getting tarnished. Ashwin came to bat at number eight. After this, when Dhoni reached for batting at number 9, by the time the match had gone away from Chennai's reach. Dhoni only landed on the field to reduce the gap of runs.

Cricketers also raised questions

Many former cricketers like Akash Chopra, Irfan Pathan and Robin Uthappa have lashed out at Ranchi to bat in lower order. Chopra and Uthappa said that Dhoni's batting at number 9 does not understand 'because in the end their contribution was great for fans, but they hope that the cricketer will give himself more time to win the match for the team.

Chopra tweeted, "CSK fans love to hit Dhoni's field and hit sixes. But CSK fans will also want their team's victory. And the kind of batting Dhoni recently, it is rational to expect that he will give himself enough time to win the match for CSK. It was not right to have Ashwin before Dhoni vs RCB."

Waiting for 17 years over

Let us tell you that RCB has defeated Chennai and ended the wait of 17 years. RCB won the second consecutive win in IPL 2025 thanks to RCB captain Rajat Patidar's half -century innings and Josh Hazlewood's brilliant spell.