Nothing to decide now, says Dhoni

I only play two months in a year and now after this IPL gets over, I have to work hard for another six to eight months just to see if my body will be able to take this kind of pressure and everything, said Dhoni

HYDERABAD: “I only play two months in a year and now after this IPL gets over, I have to work hard for another six to eight months just to see if my body will be able to take this kind of pressure and everything,” said Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni after the team’s win against Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on Wednesday night.

“So nothing for me to decide as of now, but I feel the love and affection wherever I’ve been,” he said in the post-match briefing.

“The thing is these are the players who are part of us right now… so we have got an opportunity to test them,” Dhoni said. “You may see them in the nets, you may see them in the practice game, but nothing like a real match, you know, so we are out of the tournament,” he said.

“We have three games, so you give them a chance and see how they react. It’s not the technical aspect…What we want to see is the approach and the mental toughness because that’s what really counts,” Dhoni said.

“It’s not the most technically sound batsman who scores a lot of runs, but somebody who’s more game aware. You know who understands what the bowler is looking to do, if he sets up a field, okay according to this field you know what he will bowl. What is a bluff ball? You know nowadays it’s big,” he said.