Conway usually plays the sweep shot against spin bowlingbut was dismissed when he attempted one against Royal Challengers Bangaloreleg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga in their last game.
A chat with Dhoni prompted Conway to play more straightand the New Zealander reaped the rewards against Delhi, stepping out to hitspinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav for huge sixes in their opening overs.
"I"ve got to give credit to MS tonight,"Conway, whose 87 followed scores of 85 not out and 56, told Star Sports."In the last game I swept quite a lot and unfortunately got out playingthe sweep.
"Dhoni said to me, "I think the guys are going totry to bowl fuller to you tonight. So maybe come out and try to hit themstraight."
"So he sort of gave me the guidelines to try toexecute that. That"s what I tried to do."
Conway scored 54 runs from the 20 balls of spin he facedin the match, according to ESPN Cricinfo statistics, as Chennai scored 208-6 intheir 20 overs at the DY Patil Stadium.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali claimed three wickets for13 runs in his four overs to ensure champions Chennai dismissed Delhi for 117in 17.4 overs and seal their fourth win in 11 games this season.
