India, March 29 -- Former India batter Manoj Tiwary lambasted the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) support staff for not having enough "guts" to ask MS Dhoni to bat higher up the order. During CSK's defeat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, the former India captain Dhoni walked out to bat at No.9 as the likes of Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravindra Ashwin all came ahead of him when the franchise was chasing 197.

The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side stumbled to a 50-run loss against RCB after the hosts were restricted to just 146 in the allotted twenty overs. Dhoni remained unbeaten on 30 off 16 balls. The former CSK captain walked out in the middle when the game was long gone, and only the formalities remained....