2024-05-12 21:44:51
Chennai: In the 61st match of the Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by five wickets. On this victory of the team, the captain of CSK said that now his team will not deviate from the rhythm of this victory. CSK will still have to win their last match to make it to the playoffs. By doing this the team will secure a place in the playoffs with 16 points and a good net run rate.
Gaikwad described winning on home ground with 10 balls remaining as a wonderful feeling. He said, ‘Definitely we would love to play on such pitches. With this our spinners become important. However, there is a risk of hitting big sixes. The speed of the balls on the pitches of Chepauk Stadium always creates a problem and due to this the Rajasthan Royals team could only score 141 runs for five wickets in 20 overs.
Gaikwad played a strong inning for CSK
Gaikwad played an important role in the victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 42 runs in 41 balls and on this he said, ‘As a team, we have stroke playing players, so my job was to stay at the crease till the end.’ Simarjeet Singh, who gave his best performance in the IPL and was the ‘Man of the Match’, took three wickets. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson said that in the match being held at the rival team’s ground, it is difficult to predict what kind of pitch will be available.
He said, ‘It is difficult to predict what kind of pitch will be available in the rival team’s field, hence we thought that batting first is a better option.’ Apart from this, Sanju Samson looked quite disappointed. He said, ‘They are used to playing here, they knew better what would happen whereas we thought the pitch would be slow in the second innings. But this was better.