IPL 2024: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Assault on Mukesh Choudhary After CSK’s Defeat to SRH: ‘One Costly Over…’

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad opened up about his team’s disappointing defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. He said Travis Head’s dropped catch and Mukesh Chaudhary’s costly over changed the game. Chennai Super Kings suffered their second straight defeat in IPL 2024 as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat them by 6 wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The Ruturaj Gaekwad-led team looked completely out of sorts in the game.

He did not have a great outing with the bat as none of the batsmen managed to score a half-century. Shivam Dubey scored the highest 45 runs for the team. Ajinkya Rahane made a valuable contribution of 25 runs but could not get going. Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad threw away the start he got, scoring just 26 runs. Thanks to Ravindra Jadeja, who played a crucial innings of 31 runs in the end to take his team to a total of 165 runs. In the end he did not get support from the other batsmen as Chennai Super Kings managed to score only 50 runs in the last 7 overs of the innings.

The second innings didn’t get going either as they first dropped Travis Head (31) caught for 0. And then, Abhishek Sharma (37) dismissed Mukesh Chaudhary for 27 runs in an over. The duo set the stage for the team before Aiden Markram (50) hit a half-century to take his side closer. Henrik Klaassen (10*) and Nitish Reddy (14*) close the game perfectly for the team. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the game by 6 wickets with more than an over to spare. This was his second win of the season.

Ruturaj Gaikwad admitted that CSK could not finish the innings on a high. He also said that the slow nature of the pitch did not allow him to score freely. Speaking to broadcasters after the game, he said:

“I think honestly, it was a slow pitch, they bowled well at the back, controlled the game and didn’t allow us to capitalize. I thought we did well in the beginning (of the match), but they came back well later on. Turned. It was a black clay pitch, so we expected the pitch to be slow, but it became slower and slower and they used the boundary size well.” I thought anything around 170-175 would be a good total for us – Ruturaj Gaikwad he further admitted that Chennai Super Kings conceded too many runs in the power play. He believes that if they had scored around 170-175, they would have had a good chance in the game. Talking about his team’s performance, he said: “We conceded too many batting pps, dropped a catch and a costly over. Still, it was a great effort to take them to the 19th over. I thought anything around 170-175 would have been a good total for us. There was a bit of fog towards the end. , but Moeen got the ball to spin even in the 15th-16th overs. So I don’t think the pitch changed much during the game.”