‘I thought Dhoni didn't know how to bat’: THIS DC pacer recalls bowling to CSK skipper

Nortje, now with Delhi Capitals in the IPL, was 16 then and was called upon to bowl at the Chennai Super Kings nets. Dhoni was leading CSK.

South Africa speedster Anrich Nortje on Monday (June 7) recalled former India skipper MS Dhoni as a batsman who he thought didn't know how to use his feet and bat while bowling to him during nets in the 2010 Champions League T20 in South Africa. Nortje, now with Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL), was 16 then and was called upon to bowl at the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) nets. Dhoni was leading CSK. "I wasn't that big, so wasn't scaring anyone. It was age group [that I was playing those days], so I wasn't that quick," said Nortje on The Grade Cricketer podcast.