MS Dhoni's thunderous reception from Hyderabad crowd leaves Pat Cummins dumbfounded: 'It was loudest I've ever heard'
There is a certain disadvantage that home teams have against Chennai Super Kings in IPL. The league format offers every franchise to play seven home games in a season. But that is only on paper. Such is the phenomenon of MS Dhoni, and that has been over the last 17 years of IPL history, that even the opposition crowd tends to don the CSK yellow, with No. 7 inscribed on the back. No matter where or when they play, it is the 'yellove' invasion that every venue witnesses, thus robbing every franchise of home support when they host Chennai Super Kings.
Following the match, Cummins was initially made aware that SRH, who won both their opening two matches at home in 2024, had failed to make the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium their fortress last season, having won only one of their seven homes games before being asked if the franchise made anything different before the start of this season. However, the World Cup-winning Aussie star highlighted the “crazy” reception that Dhoni received when he walked out to bat, admitting that it had left him flabbergasted.
Dube was the only standout batter for CSK on the sluggish Hyderabad track as he smashed a fiery 45. Riding on his 24-ball effort, Chennai were well on track for a score of 190-200 as they had managed 115 for two in 13 overs. However, in the next seven overs, the visitors managed only 50 runs for the loss of three more wickets. Cummins revealed that it was a change of bowling plan that worked for SRH.
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