The odds may not be in CSK's favour, but MS Dhoni never cared for them anyway
Things haven't gone as per CSK's plans, and conventional wisdom would put them on the back foot, but defying the odds remains Dhoni's forte
Are those hands still fast? Is that troublesome back holding up well? In the March camp earlier this year in Chennai, Dhoni tested them out by keeping at the nets - something that was rare even at the India nets - and also launched five leg-side sixes off five balls. It was a throwback to the days at the Chepauk nets when he would treat Muttiah Muralitharan and R Ashwin with similar disdain.
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo