IPL 2025: MS Dhoni opens up on CSK's loss against PBKS

In the IPL 2025 match against Punjab Kings PBKS Chennai Super Kings CSK suffered a loss by four wickets With this CSK marked their eighth loss of the seasonDespite an improved batting performance skipper MS Dhoni feels that the team fell short of posting a competitive totalI think the batting yes it was the first time we put enough runs on the board but I feel it was slightly short of a par score MS Dhoni said after the match according to ESPNcricinfoIts demanding on the batsmen but we needed slightly more The partnership between Curran and Brevis was fantastic I think we need to take our catches he addedChennai managed to post a total of 190 runs Despite losing wickets at regular intervals Sam Curran played a knock of 88 runs in 47 balls including nine boundaries and four maximums Shouldering him was Dewald Brevis who scored 32 runs off 26 balls His knock was laced with two boundaries and a maximum The duo scored 78 runs in the middle oversAlso ReadIPL 2025 lsquoNarinersquos wickets charged us uprsquo says KKR spinner Anukul RoyFurther Dhoni praised the duo by saying I think Curran is a fighter we all know Unfortunately whenever we have tried to give him a chance so far it was a slow wicket but todays wicket was the best one we had at home this seasonI think its momentum in the middle order and hes Brevis a very good fielder and he has good power so he can hit good balls for boundaries He brings energy in the field too We needed that fresh air someone not caught up in the spiral He can be an asset going forward Dhoni addedComing to the IPL 2025 match PBKS won the toss and opted to bowl first CSK was 483 at one point then a 78run stand between Sam Curran and Dewald Brevis 32 in 26 balls with two fours and a six helped them get back in the innings Curran continued to fire singlehandedly making 88 in 47 balls with nine fours and four sixes CSK was bundled out for 190 in 192 overs It was a hattrick from Yuzvendra Chahal 432 which made CSK collapse from 1724 to 190 all out Arshdeep Singh 225 was also superb with the ballDuring the runchase Priyansh Arya 23 in 15 balls with five fours and Prabhsimran Singh gave PBKS a quick start with a 44run stand A 72run stand between Prabhsimran 54 in 36 balls with five fours and three sixes and skipper Shreyas Iyer solidified PBKS control over the game Iyer continued to take control scoring 72 in just 41 balls with five fours and four sixes and stitching a partnership with Shashank Singh 23 in 12 balls with a four and two sixes PBKS did lose wickets towards the end but won by four wickets with two balls leftKhaleel Ahmed 228 and Matheesha Pathirana 245 were the top wickettakers for CSKPBKS is now at the second spot in the table with six wins three losses and a no result giving them 13 points CSK is struggling at the bottom with two wins and eight losses giving them four pointsWith ANI InputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params