MS Dhoni acknowledged that Rajasthan Royals managed to till the end to keep pressure on Chennai Super Kings but warned their colleagues that they will need to work on their vulnerabilities as the progress of IPL 2019.
Dhoni said in a post-match presentation, "Credit to Rajasthan, they were able to put pressure on till the end. Once you win such games, you can learn a lot from them."
"But working on the negatives that are not good for us is important. Otherwise it can hurt us later in the tournament. "
Dhoni also explained about how the nature of the wicket, along with the size of the outfield, ensured that he was confident of staying in the game.
"Outfield is big and fast. The ball was coming well in the second half. In the last two overs, I thought we had to get two hits. If the wicket is not good, then it gets slower.
He said, "It is important to see if we made any mistake in the implementation of our bowling schemes or the opposition batsmen did really well.
"The good thing is that we have won the game here, so it gives us the freedom to test some bowlers in the next game against KKR."
Meanwhile, one Ajay Rahane said that his side still needs to learn how to get to the top during the key moments of the match.
He said, I still think we need to win those moments. There is a lot to learn for me as a captain, this is a challenge for me and I need to learn from my experiences. "
"I do not think we did anything differently from what we did. We credit our bowlers, we thought that 150 was actually a low score, 170 would be a better score, because of Shreyas and Archer, we got it."
Ambati Rayudu, whose Dhoni's 95-run partnership helped to recover CSK from 24-4, said that no pressure was felt between the two when they were out in the middle.
"It was hard to make sure; The wickets are slow. We both are really experienced. You dream for situations where you can pull your team out of trouble. There was no pressure. "
