CSK managed to beat GT by 63 runs to make it two wins in as many video games. (Image: Sportzpics)
‘Today’s sport was good – batting, bowling and fielding, and towards a workforce like Gujarat we would have liked to give you a efficiency like this,’ stated Ruturaj Gaikwad after the win vs GT.
The five-time title holders and defending champions continued their profitable methods as they beat the Gujarat Titans in a convincing victory by 63 runs to lengthen their profitable run at dwelling in the M.A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
CSK managed to put on a scientific efficiency on all fronts to dominate the Shubman Gill-led facet. With the bat, it was Shivam Dube that led the charts with 51 runs off 23 deliveries coupled with 46 runs from every of the openers Rachin Ravindra and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Speaking in the post-match presentation, Gaikwad was elated with the facet’s dominant present at dwelling. He stated,” Today’s sport was good – batting, bowling and fielding, and towards a workforce like Gujarat we would have liked to give you a efficiency like this”.
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He added,” In Chennai, we aren’t certain how the wicket shall be, we’d like to do effectively regardless of batting or bowling first. Here if now we have wickets in hand on the finish it helps”.
Surprisingly, the tracks at Chepauk had been suited to batting as the house facet had been requested to bat first and went on to put up a large complete of 206 runs on the board.
The skipper additionally gave particular point out to his fellow associate on the prime of the order for setting the tone of the innings by taking an aggressive method firstly of the powerplay to give CSK a fast begin. He praised,” Personally felt that Rachin batted brilliantly in the powerplay and took the sport away. From there we had been all the time forward.”
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But the spotlight of the day was Shivam Dube who managed to put on a present for the house crowd. He made an announcement by smashing two sixes proper off the bat towards the TN-based spinner R Sai Kishore. He even attacked the pacers who had been wanting to use the short-ball, which was his weak point in the earlier seasons towards him however managed to put these demons apart and go on the offensive to deliver up his fifty in fast time.
Gaikwad revealed the modifications he made for his flourishing begin to the 2024 season. He stated,” In phrases of confidence, the administration and Mahi bhai labored with him, his confidence could be very excessive. He is aware of his roles very effectively. He is an enormous plus for us”.
In the second innings, GT was not ready to get going after a dominant present with the ball the place Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande and Mustafizur Rahman managed to choose up two wickets every to deny any likelihood of a comeback.
This was additionally bolstered by a nice fielding efficiency from the younger weapons together with the veterans. Rachin picked up three good takes whereas Sameer Rizvi had the lone catch. MS Dhoni had a sensational effort diving to his proper to eliminate Vijay Shankar whereas Ajinkya Rahane additionally put in a dive to eliminate the harmful David Miller.
The captain concluded by saying,” I’m impressed with the fielding as effectively. Maybe one or two kids now we have additional this 12 months and nice effort from Jinks (Rahane), even in the final sport he was operating from one finish to the opposite. Fielding is an enormous tick for us”.
