Stoinis Reveals How MS Dhoni Left Him Confused During IPL 2021

MS Dhoni always takes his opposition by surprise whether on the field or off the field. Despite being irregular in playing cricket lately, Dhoni understands his players and the opposition better than most. 

In the recently concluded IPL 2021, where Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings(CSK) to its fourth title, Delhi Capitals' star all-rounder Marcus Stoinis revealed about his interaction with the former Indian captain. 

While talking to The Grade Cricketers' Podcast, Stoinis said that Dhoni was 'very honest' with him and understood him very well. The all-rounder further added that he had to figure out if Dhoni was giving him a compliment or taking a dig at him during the interaction. 

"He was actually very honest with me. He understood me very well and he sort of said how they (CSK) would try to bowl to me and how he tried to set the fields for me. [It] was both a compliment but also a little dig where I have to figure out which way to take it and I’m taking it as a compliment (laughs).”

“It was very interesting he did say that it’s very obvious how some people want to take some responsibility and stay until the end, whereas some people are willing to take the risk early to, sort of, either try and get ahead of the game or walk off and he identifies that within the team,” Stoinis added.

The two also talked about training and working on weaknesses. 

“We spoke about training, we spoke about his belief on ‘Work on your weakness as long as it’s not taking anything away from your strength’. So he spoke about how a lot of coaches will ask you to work on things and you might work on the short ball and then you start missing the full ball… which was a really, really nice filter for me for training,” the all-rounder said.