IPL 2023: Devon Conway Heaps Praise on MS Dhoni after Win against RCB

IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opening batter Devon Conway heaped praise on his skipper MS Dhoni for staying calm and taking two important catches to contribute to his team’s win. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fell short of the target by eight runs at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Monday, April 17.

Conway scored a 45-ball 83, smashing six boundaries and as many sixes in his innings, to guide CSK to reach a total of 226 in Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. Moreover, the Kiwi cricketer was adjudged the player of the match for top scoring in the game, leading CSK to an eight-run win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a last-over thriller. CSK lost their inform batter Ruturaj Gaikwad early and that put early pressure on Conway and the rest of the CSK batters. However, the 31-year-old batter responded to the challenge by playing a special inning. He took calculated risks and stitched important partnerships all the way through. The left-handed batter set the tone and laid the platform for the other batters. 

At one stage, RCB was cruising towards the target, the third wicket partnership between Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell stitched a mammoth 126-run partnership for the third wicket. The partnership was looking threatening and that’s when came the crucial breakthrough. Moreover, Maxwell skyed one up in the air and Dhoni took the catch comfortably. Soon after, Dhoni pulled another skier off Moeen Ali’s bowling in the 14th over to see the back of Faf. These two catches were important in the context of the game as both batters were well set to take their team home.

IPL 2023: Conway in Awe of MS Dhoni’s Glovework

Speaking after the match, Conway, who has scored 181 runs in the first five matches of IPL 2023, said that the sky-high catches are tough to take especially in the night hours. Furthermore, the Southpaw said that they were lucky to have Dhoni with the gloves to take the tough catches. 

“Those were tough catches, it is not easy to catch balls that go straight up in the air in the dark night. Very crucial for us and we were lucky to have MS with the gloves on. If there is any person you want to take those tough chances with, he is probably your guy. It was good for us, broke the momentum in their innings, and ultimately helped us win the game. No one tries to drop catches on purpose, these things just happen. Thankfully, we bowled well in the death, so that helped us repair those dropped catches,” said Devon Conway in the post-match presentation.