This is what my job is: MS Dhoni elaborates on his role with the bat for CSK in IPL 2023

Eight innings. 96 runs at a strike rate of 204.26. That’s what the Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni has done with the bat in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
Coming in to bat in the death overs, the top scorer in the last over of the league, Dhoni has been able to go for big shots without taking much time in the middle. An issue he had struggled with over the past couple of seasons in the league.
Against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday, he’d come in to bat in the 17th over, Dhoni would score a nine-ball-20. “This is what my job is, I have told them this is what I am supposed to do, don’t make me run a lot and it has been working. This is what I need to do, happy to contribute,” he’d tell in the post-match conference.
Defending 168 at Chepauk, the hosts managed to dismiss Delhi 27 runs short of their total, regering their seventh win of the season.
“It turned a lot in the second half. We know that our spinners use a lot more seam than some of the other bowlers. We thought it’ll slow down. We didn’t know what’s a good score. That’s why I wanted the bowlers to bowl their best deliveries but not look for wickets every delivery. That’s when you start not bowling well. I felt 166-170 was a good score. But as a batting unit, we can do better,” the winning skipper noted.

He added,”The good thing is Moeen and Jaddu got a chance to bat. As we get closer to the last phase of the tournament, it’s important that everybody has a few deliveries under their belt. We need to be happy with our batting.”
Dhoni also praised the opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who’s once again been CSK’s lead scorer with the bat. “He (Gaikwad) is batting really well, he’s somebody once he starts scoring, he’s very effortless. He’s somebody who’s happy to rotate. He has the game awareness. He is ready to adapt. You rarely get people like that. People who read the game, those are the kind of players you need in your team.”