The skipper Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni, after defending the title lucratively in the final of IPL 4 by outclassing Royal Challengers Bangalore, has praised the role of opening pair Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay for managing a colossal total with a 159-run plunk.

“Vijay and Hussey gave us a great start and stayed till the 15-16th over. Hence we could maintain the momentum and score over 200 runs,” the flourishing skipper said after the game.

“You want to show intent in a final and show you want to win it. That’s what the batsmen did,” he added.

Fans were emotionally drained after World Cup: Dhoni

“The whole of India wanted the country to win the World Cup and we did. The fans were a bit emotionally drained after the World Cup to come out in large numbers initially in the IPL. But they later came out to watch the IPL,” the man who glowingly guided India to make World Champions last month, further said.

Ashwin bowled really well

The blissful captain, ofcourse, not ignored off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who splendidly consummated the hard work of batsmen by picking up three wickets.

“Ashwin bowled really well, he has real heart to toss the ball really well up even with just two fielders outside. Very contributive performance,” he said.