Ruturaj Gaikwad of Chennai Super Kings during match 30 of the Vivo Indian Premier League between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.
Hero in the first match of Chennai Super Kings IPL In the second leg of 2021, Ruturaj Gaikwad on Monday said the situation when he came to bat for just 24 runs in the dugout with the entire top order in the dugout was “very difficult” and it was time to take responsibility and “find out”. . way out of the mess.
“Obviously the situation was very difficult and all the top-order batsmen have returned to the dugout, so I thought it was time to take the responsibility and find a way to reach a respectable total of 120-130 from that position.” The 24-year-old Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 88 off 58 balls to guide CSK to a battle of 24/4 to 156/6 in a match against five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians on Sunday evening.
“After spending some time on the wicket, I thought we could target 10 more runs, so we reset the target to 140, then 150. In the end we scored 156,” said the batsman who came in at that time. of choice Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina And captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had all returned to the dugout, two of them for ducks. To add to CSK’s woes, Ambati Rayudu retired hurt.
“So the focus of my talk with Jaddu Bhai (Ravindra Jadeja) was that we needed to partner together. So that was the plan and thankfully we were able to execute it.” Jadeja also scored 26 and was caught by Kieron Pollard. Jasprit Bumrah.
“It helped me bat in the slog overs, set a fighting total in the opening overs, which gave me a lot of confidence and I hope it gives the bowlers some room for total defense,” Gaikwad told CSK. Bowler Deepak Chahar in a video posted on the IPL website after the 20-run win.
Chahar said that the previous matches against MI had taught him that the five-time champion likes to score big. “So, we know we can only save runs by bowling a good line and length and in the right areas. It forces you to think about which areas to bowl so that the (MI) batsman doesn’t score I think all the bowlers benefited from it (previous experience against MI) and we were able to execute the plans.
Gaikwad, who won his fifth ‘Man of the Match’ award in 13 IPL games, said that he is hopeful that the team will maintain this performance in the upcoming matches and this time the team was aiming to take home the trophy.
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