"Both CSK And MI Have Incredible Leadership"- Kevin Pietersen

Legendary England National Cricket Team batter Kevin Pietersen has showered praise on the leadership group of the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams – Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI).

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni marshaled his troops smartly in IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 as defending 173 was never easy against GT’s dangerous batting lineup. MS Dhoni used the pacer Matheesha Pathirana smartly and applied different tactics to fox the batters.

It was a collective effort from CSK’s batters as the surface was quite sluggish. It seemed as if the template for CSK is going to be the same in the final as well, Devon Conway will play the role of anchor and then capitalize on the start.

It looks unlikely that Mitchell Santner will get a game as the mystery spinner Maheesh Theekshana has been doing a pretty good job for the team and his variations are quite tough to pick for the batters.

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It would be interesting to see whether Ambati Rayudu gets another chance as the senior batter has scored 139 runs in 11 innings with an average of 15.44 and a strike rate of 132.38 and has found it tough to dictate the terms against the opposition.

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For Chennai, the tactician that MS Dhoni is counts for so much – Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen in his blog for the Betway website compared MI & CSK sides and stated the two teams have incredible leadership. Kevin Pietersen pointed out that CSK have the tactician in the form of MS Dhoni and the calmness of CSK head coach Stephen Fleming.

“Both CSK and MI have incredible leadership, stable leadership, and they’ve got bowling attacks that do the business. They’ve got quality throughout. For Chennai, the tactician that MS Dhoni is counts for so much, and the calmness of Stephen Fleming counts for so much,” said Kevin Pietersen.

“When you look at the Mumbai Indians, they’ve got a team that doesn’t start well, but once they get going, they’re brilliant. Cameron Green has been an outstanding buy for them, and they’ve done so much better this year, even though they’ve missed Jofra Archer and Jasprit Bumrah.

“For them to be in the position that they are, in almost a building phase for the franchise, is good off-the-charts. No one would have expected them to have done this well this year. They’ve excelled tremendously,” Kevin Pietersen added.

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