IPL 2022: MS Dhoni helped grow Ngidi as a cricketer – Just days ahead of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction, South Africa’s pacer Lungi Ngidi spoke praises about his former CSK captain MS Dhoni. Ngidi spoke about how MS Dhoni helped him grow as a player and how his unique capability as a captain led them to victory in the finals of the 2018 edition of the IPL. Follow IPL 2022 Auctions Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Lungi Ngidi stated that was in awe of the captaincy of Dhoni. The change in the field plans based on Ngidi’s deliveries proved crucial as they got the all-important wicket which turned the game in their favour.
IPL 2022: Proteas star Lungi Ngidi reveals how MS Dhoni helped him grow as a cricketer at – will CSK snap him up in the auction?
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In the 2018 IPL finals, Chennai Super Kings easily chased down a 179 run target set by the Sunrisers Hyderabad after a superb performance from the bowlers of the Men in Yellow.
It was in the 17th over of the game when Ngidi was bowling and took the all-important wicket of Deepak Hooda. Ngidi still credits the dismissal as a genius of MS Dhoni. Ngidi said that Dhoni “automatically changed the field,” and thus the wicket came.
IPL 2022: Lungi Ngidi reveals how MS Dhoni helped him grow as a cricketer
“It was the final against the Sunrisers (Hyderabad) in 2018, we hadn’t discussed a certain field placement but he automatically just changed my field and with that field, within a couple of balls, we got a wicket to the fielder that he had moved,” Ngidi told Times Now.
“So for me, that’s one thing that sticks out in my mind because in a final, to have such a moment like that and to execute the plan that he wanted, really gave me confidence in terms of how to bowl. It just showed me how in tune he is with the game in terms of how he sees it’s going to play out and it played out exactly the way I think he thought it was going to,” added Ngidi.
IPL 2022: Proteas star Lungi Ngidi reveals how MS Dhoni helped him grow as a cricketer at – will CSK snap him up in the auction?
The young South African pacer also credited MS Dhoni to be a key factor in his growth as a cricketer. “I think the main thing is just the control that he has over the team and on the field, he really does bring a sense of calm. I’ve also learnt a lot more in my time that I’ve been with CSK just under his captaincy in terms of field settings, game plans and how to construct my bowling within an inning. I think from that moment it has really helped me grow as a cricketer,” said Ngidi.
The comments of Ngidi just ahead of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction could have raised a few eyes and it could be a possibility that the young Proteas pacer can be a target for the Chennai franchise. Lungi Ngidi has played a total of 14 matches in his short stint at the IPL and has picked 25 wickets with a brilliant average of 17.92.
IPL 2022: Proteas star Lungi Ngidi reveals how MS Dhoni helped him grow as a cricketer at – will CSK snap him up in the auction?
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