Gaikwad admits CSK fell ’50-60 runs quick’ due to troublesome Chepauk pitch
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad pointed to dew because the chief trigger for his staff’s loss towards Punjab Kings at Chepauk. The hosts acquired the more serious of the circumstances after dropping the toss and have been restricted to 162 for 7 with solely one in all their 9 batters scoring at a strike fee of over 150.
“Probably I would say 50-60 runs short,” Gaikwad stated upon being requested about their whole on the post-match presentation. “Because of the pitch; we were batting first, the pitch wasn’t that great. It got better, dew, plus the Impact Player [rule didn’t help] as well.
“Even the final recreation which we received by 60 [78 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chepauk] runs even we have been fairly shocked. We did not anticipate to win by that a lot margin given the circumstances.
CSK have been slowed down notably by Punjab’s spinners with Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar’s mixed figures studying 8-0-33-4. On the opposite hand, Ravindra Jadeja was the one spinner in CSK’s arsenal, which was depleted coming into the match as Tushar Deshpande (unwell) and Matheesha Pathirana (niggle) have been unavailable.
Their points have been compounded as they’d to make use of Sameer Rizvi as an Impact Player for his batting, with Deepak Chahar pulling up in his supply stride and strolling off after bowling the primary two balls of the chase. It left Gaikwad with out strike bowlers and allowed Punjab’s batters to capitalise.
“It’s a real problem,” he stated. “There are phases where you want to really get a wicket and suddenly you have only two bowlers who can get a wicket. Plus, our spinners are really out of the game given the dew. So, definitely a tough day but things like this happen and still four games to go. I really hope that we will turn it around.”
This was CSK’s second loss at house this season, and their fixture towards Rajasthan Royals on May 12 is the one group recreation remaining in Chennai. They have misplaced three of their final 4 away video games and can face Punjab once more, in Dharamsala, on Sunday.