Passer Tusshar Deshpande of former Chennai’s former Super Kings (CSK), remembering “butterflies in his stomach”, opened about bowling for famous batsman MS Dhoni. The 30-year-old admitted that he was eager to influence Dhoni and gain confidence, saying that the wicketkeeper-better is the best finisher in the world.
During the final match of the season, Deshpande had to bowl against MS Dhoni and Shivam Dubey of CSK. He scored only six runs on a flat Delhi pitch. Pesar bowled three delivery to Dhoni. In particular, this was his first official encounter against the mythological finisher.
It always bowls for MS Dhoni – Tushar Deshpande
Tushar Deshpande admitted that he was eager to impress MS Dhoni when he was asked to bowl against him in the match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. He said that he felt the pressure of bowling to the world’s best finisher MS Dhoni.
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,[Got] Very confident from that over. It always bowls for Mahi Bhai because he is the best finisher in the world. I was trying to impress her and just wanted to bowl her best ball. Prior to last season, I had never bowled with him in an official game, “Deshpande said on ESPNCRICINFO.
The right-arm pacer was played for Super Kings from 2022 to 2024. He was signed by Royals for Rs 6.50 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction. However, he struggled to create an impact during the season, finishing with just nine wickets in 10 matches with an average of 43.33 and an economy rate of 10.63.
IPL is a high pressure environment – Tushar Deshpande
Deshpande said that the impact player’s rule makes it unfair to assess a bowler based on single performance. He said that in power play, bowling and death on death make some of the most difficult challenges.
“IPL is a high pressure environment, and the way the impact is playing after the player, you can give a single game to a bowler or the run or the wicket. I always bowl in powerplay and death. They are difficult situations in the game,” said Deshpande.
It was very important to me … – Tushar Deshpande
Tushar Deshpande also said that he enjoyed success in Super Kings. Deshpande said that when he was about to take the top wickets of CSK in both IPL 2023 and 2024, bowlers could not be very difficult on themselves, as even well-executed delivery can sometimes accept runs.
“And some or other games will go on my way or batsman’s path. So it was very important for me to be level-headed because for CSK first [Chennai Super Kings] I was going to take the most wickets [17 in IPL 2024]A year ago I was also the most wicket -taking for CSK [21 in IPL 2023]He said that the bowlers cannot be very difficult on themselves because good balls are also going for runs.
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