2024-04-24 23:22:40
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings team seems to be derailing in IPL 2024. Ruturaj Gaikwad’s team, which started the league with two consecutive wins, has got only 4 wins in 8 matches. Chennai lost for the second consecutive match against Lucknow Super Giants. Playing at home, Chennai team could not defend the score of 210. This is Chennai’s first defeat at Chepauk Stadium in this season of IPL.
Ruturaj told responsibility to dew
According to Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, dew was the reason for his team’s defeat. He said after the match, ‘It is difficult to digest the defeat, but good cricket was played. Lucknow played very well in the end. We controlled the match for 13-14 overs, but Stoinis played a brilliant innings. Dew affected, there was a lot of dew which made our spinners weak. Otherwise we could have controlled the match better and taken it forward. But this is part of the game, it cannot be controlled.
Why did Jadeja land at number 4?
On the question of Ravindra Jadeja playing at number four, the CSK captain said – Jadeja is batting at number 4 because we lost the second wicket in the powerplay. Our thinking is clear that if any wicket falls after the powerplay, Shivam will come to bat. We cannot force the batsmen to get out later. To be honest, I felt our goal was not high enough. But appreciate the way Lucknow batted.
What happened in the match?
Lucknow Supergiants defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the Indian Premier League T20 match here on Tuesday. After restricting CSK to 210 for four, LSG won with three balls to spare. For LSG, Marcus Stoinis played an unbeaten inning of 124 runs in 63 balls and led the team to a memorable victory. For CSK, Mathis Pathirana took two wickets for 35 runs.