Chennai Tremendous Kings batter Sameer Rizvi has credited Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his temporary however impactful knock in his first IPL match, saying the talismanic former India skipper suggested him to play his pure recreation when he went out to bat towards Gujarat Titans.
Towards GT right here on Tuesday night time, Rizvi performed a cameo of six-ball 14-run knock, which included two sixes towards Rashid Khan.
“Bhaiya (Dhoni) informed me to play how I typically play since it’s all in regards to the precise gameplay. He (Dhoni) mentioned, ‘There may be nothing completely different. Expertise stay the identical, and it’s all nearly mindset. By no means take any stress or be nervous, and play as per the state of affairs’,” he mentioned in a video on IPLT20.com.
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Rizvi recalled the second he was picked up by the franchise throughout the public sale forward of the season for a whopping Rs 8.4 crore, as he felt that his dream of assembly Dhoni will ultimately come true.
“After I was picked up throughout the public sale by CSK, my biggest happiness was my dream to fulfill Bhaiya (MS Dhoni) could be fulfilled. We additionally had web classes collectively and received to be taught loads from him and the (help) workers. I intend to be taught extra and carry out to the fullest.” Having performed cricket for Uttar Pradesh, he has first rate T20 numbers, scoring 309 runs in 10 innings at a strike fee of 137.33, together with two half-centuries.
Talking about his jersey quantity, the 20-year-old Meerut batter mentioned, “My jersey quantity is seven, which is presently worn by Bhaiya and I can’t get it. So, I appreciated the number one, and I took it.” Rizvi additionally talked in regards to the optimistic ambiance within the CSK dressing room.
“Everybody loves one another within the group and backs everybody. The thought strategy of hitting the six in my first ball got here out of my coronary heart, and the group members additionally cheered for me with all their hearts,” he mentioned.
“At any time when I’ve a question in thoughts, I ask everybody within the group, be it in batting or fielding, about their mentality whereas going to bat. Studying these small issues would profit me in the long term,” he concluded.
CSK beat GT by 63 runs on Tuesday and has two wins in as many video games. It can subsequent play Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.