‘One dropped catch and one expensive over…’: Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad on CSK’s six-wicket loss to SRH | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: After Chennai Super Kings suffered a six-wicket defeat towards Sunrisers Hyderabad within the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024, CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad counseled the bowling efficiency of their opponents, emphasizing their effectiveness within the latter levels of the sport.
Talking on the post-match presentation, Gaikwad highlighted the challenges posed by the pitch on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium, describing it as sluggish, significantly as a result of its black soil composition.Regardless of beginning properly, Gaikwad famous SRH’s capacity to curtail CSK’s momentum and stop them from capitalizing on their early benefit.

“I feel to be sincere, it was a sluggish pitch. They bowled properly within the again finish, saved the sport in management and did not permit us to capitalize. I assumed we did properly at first (of the match), however they got here again properly later. It was a black soil pitch, so we anticipated the pitch to be slower, nevertheless it turned slower and slower, they usually used the boundary measurement properly,” Gaikwad stated.

Acknowledging the affect of the batting powerplay, Gaikwad admitted that CSK conceded too many runs throughout that part, additional compounded by a dropped catch and an costly over. Nonetheless, he praised his staff’s effort in pushing the match to the nineteenth over, regardless of the formidable problem posed by SRH.

“We conceded too many within the batting PP, one dropped catch and one costly over. Nonetheless, to take them to the nineteenth over was a fantastic effort. I assumed something round 170-175 would’ve been a superb complete for us. There was a little bit of dew in the direction of the top, however Moeen acquired the ball to spin even within the Fifteenth-Sixteenth over. So I do not suppose the pitch modified loads in the course of the course of the sport,” Gaikwad added.

Within the match, CSK posted a complete of 165/5 of their 20 overs, propelled by contributions from Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ajinkya Rahane. Nonetheless, SRH chased down the goal convincingly, with Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Aiden Markram main the cost.
With this victory, SRH climbed to the fifth spot within the IPL 2024 standings, whereas CSK occupied the third spot with an similar win-loss ratio however a greater run fee.
(With inputs from ANI)