Cape Town: Seasoned South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis, who plays alongside MS Dhoni for the Chennai Super Kings, believes the latter is a very instinctive captain and his gut feeling on the game is his biggest strength.
du Plessis was retained by CSK for the 2020 Indian Premier League season which had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was amazing for me to see how different MS was as a captain. I used to think a captain must speak all the time in team meetings etc but MS was completely different.
He doesn’t believe a lot in team meetings. He’s a very instinctive captain he’s got such a good cricket brain that he relies on it to make the right decisions on the field,” Du Plessis said during a Facebook chat with Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal.
“He reads the other players really well and he uses that to make instinctive decisions on the field.
He’s got an incredible gut feeling on the game and I think that’s his biggest strength,” said du Plessis who recently stepped down as Proteas captain.
“He’s (Dhoni) extremely calm. I haven’t played with someone who is a better finisher than him. It’s just remarkable to watch him from the side of the field,” Du Plessis added. (IANS)
