IPL 2023: 'They will be playing under new captain,' jokes MS Dhoni as he warns CSK on bowling too many extra

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MS Dhoni warned Chennai Super Kings bowlers to cut down on their habit of bowling too many wides and no balls in IPL 2023 during the side's victory against Lucknow Super Giants in front of home fans at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday.

"Fast bowling we need to slightly improve," said MS Dhoni at the post-match presentation. "Need to bowl according to the conditions. What is important is to keep an eye as to what the opposition bowlers are doing.

"One more thing is they'll have to bowl no no-balls or extra wides. Or they'll have to play under a new captain. It will be my second warning and then I'll be off. Only reason we've scored those runs is if the surface is nice."

It was Moeen Ali who won the game for CSK on the night as the spinner took four wickets for the side after Kyle Mayers gave a stunning start to LSG by adding 79 runs for the first wicket with skipper KL Rahul by the sixth over.

It was the big target of 218 that made the task tougher for LSG as the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad (57) and Devon Conway (47) helped CSK put up 217/5 on the board. Dhoni entertained the crowd with a three-ball cameo too as he shot two sixes before the getting dismissed by Mark Wood.

"Terrific high-scoring game. All of us were thinking how the wicket would be. It was the perfect first game that could happen. I thought it would be much slower. But it was a wicket where you could score runs. I was quite surprised with the wicket. But we'll have to see if we can produce a wicket like this game after game," Dhoni said.