Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming Tuesday said captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had been “pretty sick” last week and a call on his participation in the game against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday will be taken before the toss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Dhoni is progressing and he’s been \npretty sick during this week. We will make a call on him tomorrow. He is\n progressing which is good,” Fleming told reporters on eve of the game \nagainst Delhi Capitals.He also said the performance in the game against \nMumbai Indians on April 26 was not due to the couple of changes forced \non the team with Dhoni being ruled out for the second time this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\n had a couple of changes forced upon us in the last game, but the \nperformance was not due to the fact that we had made those changes. We \nare more comfortable going into this game. We have been pretty good, \nfrom success-wise, here at Chepauk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Sometimes, just getting \njolted out of the rhythm can be a good thing. Coming down the business \nend of the tournament, there is a lot on the line each game, so we are \nwell aware of getting the selections right. We want to be as consistent \nas possible. And I don’t see that changing,” said the former New Zealand\n captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the availability of South Africa star Faf du Plessis\n and Ravindra Jadeja who too missed the MI game, he said: “Faf’s been \nfine. Whenever he wears a singlet, means he is in good shape. Jadeja’s \ntraining well. They are definitely into consideration for tomorrow.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked\n how they intend to fill the gap in case Dhoni misses out, the CSK head \ncoach said there were other players who needed to step up in case the \nskipper is not available. “Yes, we have. Though it’s one game, here and \nthere, that can be disruptive. If it’s two-three games in a row, you \nstart preparing differently. Dhoni’s late pullout last game and also we \nhave other big players who haven’t fired yet. That’s an exciting aspect \nfor us to work on those players who have got great IPL records up to \nspeed. We can get them firing in the last four games.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also \nsaid he was not surprised with the way Delhi had been performing this \nseason, adding it was a well-balanced side. Both CSK and Delhi have \nqualified for the play-offs.”Not really. They started off well with \nyoung players. Rabada’s been excellent. They probably have to settle on \nthe middle-order. We can exploit that on a tougher track here,” he \nadded.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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