Punjab Kings bowler Rahul Chahar celebrates after taking the wicket of Shivam Dube throughout the Indian Premier League 2024 match in Dharamsala on May 5, 2024.
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Even as Chennai Super Kings introduced its IPL marketing campaign again on monitor with a 28-run win in opposition to Punjab Kings, considerations remained over its middle-order.
At one stage of the recreation, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell bossed the PowerPlay and it appeared CSK was on target for a 200-plus complete, however a middle-order debacle halted the workforce’s run movement.
However, CSK bowling coach Eric Simons wasn’t too involved about the middle-order failure and hoped issues would get higher in the upcoming fixtures. “I think we won’t be over-concerned about the middle-order. We know the quality is there and it might not have happened in this game. But as we move forward, we hope to fire again,” Simons stated after the recreation on Sunday.
It was the second time in a row that Shivam Dube fell for a golden duck, however the seasoned coach backed the India worldwide. “I don’t think that’s a problem when you have a blip once or twice. That (middle-order) has been our strength. Dube has been incredible but he got out early twice now and that happens. The guys fought hard on the other side and got us to a decent total that we could defend,” Simons stated.
“We had a few injury issues, and working away from the initial 11-12 has been important. So, for someone like Samarjeet to come in and do what he did tonight was very important. It was obviously his first game and the nerves were there. To get the wickets that did was magical. So, it’s important to make sure that the whole squad is ready because we never know when we are gonna call them.”
