Chennai captain lost the toss 9 times out of 10… blamed the defeat on the wicket

New Delhi. After losing their home match against Punjab Kings, Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad says that his team probably scored 50-60 runs less. In this match played in Chepauk, Punjab defeated host CSK by 7 wickets with 13 balls remaining. CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has lost the toss 9 times out of 10. He said that batting became easier later due to dew. On the basis of Rituraj Gaikwad’s inning of 62 runs in 48 balls, CSK scored 162 runs for 7 wickets when invited to bat first. Punjab achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 17.5 overs and registered its fourth win in 10 matches.

Ruturaj Gaikwad said after the match, ‘We scored 50-60 runs less. When we were batting earlier, the pitch was quite challenging but later things became difficult due to dew. Due to dew the conditions became very difficult for us. Even in the last match, we were surprised when we won the match by a big margin. This is something which is not in our hands.’ CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said that he had practiced the toss during practice. He told that when he goes to the ground at the time of toss, he is under pressure.

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Gaikwad held one end in difficult batting conditions and hit five fours and two sixes in his 48-ball innings. With this he became the batsman who scored the most runs in this season. He has 509 runs in his name in 10 matches. CSK captain along with Ajinkya Rahane (29 runs in 23 balls) 64 in 50 balls for the first wicket and Sameer Rizvi (21 runs in 23 balls) 37 in 34 balls for the fourth wicket and Moeen Ali (15 runs in 9 balls) Run) for the sixth wicket with a partnership of 38 runs in 15 balls, which helped CSK reach a competitive score.

According to Rituraj Gaikwad, ‘We could have batted better in the first innings. In the last two matches, we tried well to score 200-210 but it was not easy to score runs on this pitch. It was difficult to even reach 180 runs on this pitch.

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