NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said middle-overs slump as the reason for his team's three-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match on Wednesday.
Dhoni, who scored 32 off 17 balls, couldn't hit a last ball six but felt that the fate of the match was decided between seventh to 15th over in which Devon Conway (50 off 38 balls), Shivam Dube (8 off 9 balls) and Moeen Ali (7 off 10 balls) couldn't get going against Ravichandran Ashwin (2/25) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/27).