“…we are successful because we play good cricket and at the same time, when we are not playing good cricket what is important is not to get too emotional about it and at the same time, you want to be practical,” he added.

Dhoni rarely gives his opinion on any issue but he didn’t mince words in dissecting his team’s poor batting.

CSK have consistently failed to either chase or put up big scores.

“I think we were quite below par, because we all knew that dew will come in the second half and we were in a position to exploit the middle overs,” Dhoni spoke about lack of cricketing sense among the batters.

He wanted his set batters to start slogging slightly earlier.

“I just felt that (Jasprit) Bumrah being one of the best death bowlers in the world right now, once he (Bumrah) started early, that was the time we should have capitalised and started our slog slightly early.

“And if even Bumrah also goes for runs, it’s a plus point. I think there were a few overs where we could have got slightly more runs. We needed those runs because 175 with the dew around is not a par score.”

He was all praise for Mhatre, who smashed everyone out of the park.

“I think as a youngster he batted really well, and that’s the kind of approach that is needed where you play your shots and at the same time, you pick your shots that is your strength,” the skipper said.

“He went and played his shots and we also haven’t seen him much. So, it is a good sign for us at the top of the order that if he can keep playing the shots, it will become slightly easier for the middle and lower order.”