Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 5 wickets to inch closer to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Playoffs. While the defending champions still need to win their final away game and seal the play-off berth with 16 points and a healthy positive net run rate, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad termed it a ‘wonderful feeling’ to cap off the league engagements at home with a comfortable win.
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The two-paced Chepauk strip where spinners always come into play has been CSK’s 17-year template and Gaikwad finds no reason to deviate from that after a five-wicket victory over the Royals in a low-scoring IPL encounter.
“Definitely we would love to play on such wickets. It brings our spinners into play and with huge boundaries, there is an amount of risk to hit sixes,” the astute young captain said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
Taking the pace off deliveries always creates problems and Royals struggled to score posting a below-par total of 141 for five in 20 overs.
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“That is always the plan whenever you come here. Sometimes, the wicket is flatter and we go to the yorkers. When the wicket is slow and you have a bigger side, you want to take the pace off,” he explained.
Gaikwad dropped anchor and batted till the end, scoring an unbeaten 42 off 41 deliveries but that was the need of the hour.
“As a team, we have stroke players so my job was to stay there till the end,” Gaikwad spoke about his role.
He did feel that their Powerplay score made it easy despite losing a few wickets in the middle overs.
“When we were 55-1, I felt we were cruising. One or two wickets can allow the opposition to get back. Generally, I thought we were cruising and there was no pressure until the end,” he added.
(With PTI Inputs)
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