Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad talked concerning the loss his facet confronted within the recreation in opposition to Delhi Capitals (DC) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. He admitted that his group not capitalizing on the ability play with the bat turned out to be totally different for them.
Chennai Tremendous Kings confronted their first lack of the IPL 2024 as Delhi Capitals thumped them by 20 runs within the Vizag. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led facet weren’t on top of things with the bat and ball and did not money on the essential junctures of the sport, which noticed them fall brief.
Requested to bowl, they conceded 191 runs and had been underneath strain proper from the beginning. After the 91-run opening partnership between David Warner (52) and Prithvi Shaw (43), Chennai picked fast wickets and got here again within the recreation. However they failed to hold on the momentum as Rishabh Pant (51) slammed a half-century to take his group to an enormous complete.
With the bat, Chennai had been torrid as Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra misplaced wickets early. Ajinkya Rahane (45) and Daryl Mitchell (34) stored them within the hunt however couldn’t proceed. Ultimately, Ms Dhoni (37*) and Ravindra Jadeja (21*) tried to win the sport however the goal was an excessive amount of as they managed simply 171 runs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad stated that he was glad along with his group’s bowling efficiency however pressured that additional seam motion and spongy bounce made batting tough for them within the begin. He admitted that they did not get an enormous over, which value them. Talking to broadcasters, he defined:
“I believe I used to be just about proud of the best way they (bowlers) got here again after the beginning (powerplay). Limiting them to 191 was a very good effort. The pitch was on the higher facet within the first innings. Second innings there was additional seam motion and spongy bounce. I felt he (Rachin) was lacking it by an enormous margin.”
“We couldn’t get going within the first three overs and that was the distinction. On the midway stage it was getable. There was additional seam motion and we couldn’t capitalize and we had been at all times behind. We didn’t get the massive over to cut back the run fee.”
After two good video games, you may count on the third recreation to go beneath par – Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad additional performed down the thought of taking part in an extra-fast bowler and stated that Deepak Chahar is doing an important job for the group. He added that they fell brief by small margins however there’s nothing to fret about. He added:
“Not likely (if an additional bowler within the lineup with assist in powerplay). Deepak is at all times used to bowling 3 overs. Though the primary 4 overs had been good, the final two overs had been costly.
“After two good video games, you may count on the third recreation to go beneath par and that’s nothing to fret about. Simply two or three hits right here and there, within the discipline, if we had stopped one or two boundaries it may have been totally different.”
Chennai Tremendous Kings might be subsequent seen in motion after they tackle Sunrisers Hyderabad on fifth April.