Chennai: Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo credited Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his match-winning whirlwind knock against Cape Cobras, saying the CSK skipper "showed him the way how to play" in the slow Chepauk wicket here.
Chasing Cobras' 145 for seven, CSK rode on Bravo's 25-ball 46-run unbeaten innings to register its first win in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20.
"You must give credit to MS (Dhoni) because he really showed the way as how to go about in this wicket, placing the ball in the gaps, and running a lot of singles and twos. It was unfortunate he got out but by that time we knew we had a realistic chance of winning the match," Bravo said after CSK's six-wicket win over Cobras last night.
Soon after Dhoni got out, Bravo unleashed himself on pacer Dale Steyn, fetching 17 runs of the penultimate over with a six and a couple boundaries.
Admitting that the pitch was tough, he said teams will be better accustomed to it as the tournament progresses.
"When Dhoni walked in, we wanted to get his wicket and win the game. It was as simple as that. Fortunately, we got him but once again we did mistakes. In this game when you are playing international stars you make mistakes and you are going to pay for them. Every dropped catch and every extra run that you give away comes back to haunt you," Kemp said.
"It was a good innings by Dwayne Bravo especially in the manner in which he made 17 runs in the 19th over, which made the change," he added.
He, however, praised JP Duminy for his outstanding spell of four wickets for 20 runs.
"We knew it is going to get hard and harder with the total that we have posted.
"My concern is that the outfield is really wet and we were trying to control the ball. That is all that I think we can do about in these conditions. It is really tough to get going in this sort of wickets," Kemp added.
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