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MS Dhoni's CSK suffered their most significant defeat in IPL history (in terms of balls left) on Friday. The 5-time champions could only score 103/9 in 20 overs against the Kolkata Knight Riders, who completed the chase in just 10.1 overs. This marked CSK's fifth loss in 6 matches during IPL 2025, placing them ninth out of ten teams. Anyhow, this is the 1st occasion in IPL history that CSK has lost three consecutive matches at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Following the defeat, former Indian player & MS Dhoni’s ex-teammate Manoj Tiwary posed some pointed questions. "From hereon CSK's cart is going to go downhill. It seemed like that from the last three-four matches. You see the shot selection of the players, after playing form 20-25 years, you get to realise what can happen. I couldn't understand some things.
Your Purple Cap winner is Noor Ahmad, but when did he come to bowl? In the 8th over. And in the first ball itself, he scalped the wicket of Sunil Narine. Naturally, the cricket sense tells you that if the opposition spinners are doing so well, then you have the Purple Cap winner, why not bring him early? Generally, MS Dhoni does not make such a mistake. I have not seen it in so many years. Why it happened today, maybe it is worth knowing," Manoj Tiwary stated on Cricbuzz.
"Why do they not go to the drawing board early? I think, it is obvious that you reassess after a loss. But some things that are taking place are beyond my understanding. Like, when Ashwin was bowling today, earlier to all the left-handers he bowled round the stumps, but today he bowled over the stumps. I became very easy for Sunil Narine. These small things...when you have such an experienced player and wicketkeeper like MS Dhoni? Unka kahi na kahi Dimaag nahi chal raha hai kya (Have their brains stopped working)?"