MS Dhoni is leading a team that knows how to win but which had stumbled last year when according to its coach Stephen Fleming was “an ageing team.
Last year’s IPL had left the two finalists with a straightforward task: Chennai Super Kings had to make their seniors relive their youth and Kolkata Knight Riders had to make their youth mature quicker. Luckily, both have astute white-ball captains, both world-cup winners, and both with former New Zealand captains as head coaches.
MS Dhoni is leading a team that knows how to win but which had stumbled last year when according to its coach Stephen Fleming was “an ageing team”. Eoin Morgan is leading a young team that had a captain resign midway last season and which by its coach Brendon McCullum’s assessment was “paralysed by fear” in the India leg of the tournament. Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Robin Uthappa, and even Dhoni himself on a rare occasion have rewound their clocks while Kolkata’s youngsters have enjoyed making their presence felt in the arena.
