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It’s up to the boards, says Dhoni

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Mumbai: “The players will put pressure for an IPL window, but eventually it’s in the hands of the cricket boards of different countries.

“They may have their own views about whether to create an IPL window. I don’t want to comment on that,” said Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain of the Chennai Super Kings and the Indian One-Day International team, at the conclusion of the DLF-IPL on Sunday.

Majority view

A majority of the players share the view, Shane Warne in particular, that the ICC should carve out April as the IPL month.

Calm and composed after losing grip on the match at different stages of the final against Rajasthan Royals, the Super Kings captain said, “I don’t want to pin-point mistakes, but we were on occasions off the mark. Mistakes have to be accepted.

Tiring

“We have played good cricket right through the tournament. With regard to Yusuf Pathan, one has to get him out, that’s the only way to check him. It’s physically tiring, playing two matches in two days, but that’s the format of the IPL,” he said.

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