Veteran India cricketer Parthiv Patel is one of the known faces in the circuit an also in the cash-rich tournament Indian Premier League. The experienced player has started his IPL journey with none other than MS Dhoni for the Chennai Super Kings team way back in 2008 when the first edition of the league was played. While speaking about his former India and Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni, Parthiv revealed that there was always clarity in his thought process.

Parthiv recalled his time in the CSK team during the inaugural 2008 campaign on Star Sports and said, “Team meetings used to last for 2 minutes. In the 2008 final, the CSK team meeting led by Dhoni lasted for 2 minutes and I am sure it lasted for 2 minutes in 2019 also. Dhoni was always clear in what he wanted from his players. I learned a lot in 2008 from watching players like Hussey, Fleming, and Hayden, how they get ready for big matches and how they prepare.”

He further shared, “IPL has changed a lot. There are more tactics, analytics and strategies. We used to aim for 30 to 36 runs in the last 5 overs of batting. Now scoring 50 to 60 runs in the last five overs of the first innings is the new normal. Dhoni was always clear about his team combinations and the role each player had to play in the squad.”

Parthiv Patel had a good season with CSK where he scored 302 runs from 13 matches and Chennai made it to the final as well. They had played the final against Rajasthan Royals. Although Parthiv has later went on to play for other teams in the tournament, he said it is certain that nothing has changed about MS Dhoni and his captaincy in all these years.