The Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings embroiled in an electrifying knockout match for IPL2024 in the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
The match was the 68th out of 74 matches to be played in the season. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 218/5 runs in 20 overs, while CSK could only get to 191/7 in the same number of bowls.
Ruturaj Gaikwad expresses sentiments after losing match
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad spoke in the post match segment and shared that he was happy with the target. He further went on to sum up the whole season, where they won 7 out of 14 games.
“ I think it was a good wicket to be honest, it was spinning and gripping a little bit, but I think 200 on this ground was gettable. We kept losing wickets at regular intervals, it was a matter of one or two hits, sometimes that can happen in a T20 game. Pretty happy with what the target was, to sum up the season, I am pretty happy to have seven wins out of 14 games. Just couldn’t get over the line in the last two balls.” Ruturaj said.
“For me, personal milestones don’t really matter a lot, after all the ultimate goal is to win. If you are not getting there it’s a disappointment. Doesn’t matter if you score 100 runs or 500-600 runs in a season. I am disappointed (after losing.)” He added
The several injuries in CSK
Ruturaj also included how a lot of the CSK players are currently injured, and couldn’t be a part of the game. Gaikwad mentioned how the team has lost 2 front line bowlers and Conway from the top batting order. He further expressed gratefulness towards CSK staff.
“With the kind of injuries we had, missing out on two frontline bowlers, not having Conway at the top of the order as well, I think missing out on three key players made a huge difference. Credit to the CSK staff and everyone who put up a great show for us throughout the season. There were many challenges for us right throughout the first game. Injury to Fizz (Mustafiur), then injury to Pathirana as well, he came back and then again Pathirana missed out. When you have injuries around, you have to get that balance in the team and pick it (the team) for every game. I think this season sums up well where we had to tinker around with our playing XI, considering the injuries and all the illness (of the players) as well.” Said Gaikwad.
CSK had also been in a similar situation last year, when they had to score 10 runs off of 2 bowls in the knockout match. The results were different for the team back then, as they went on to win the season.
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