Delhi lost for one cricketer! Who did the Chennai captain blame?
Chennai Super Kings lost to Delhi Capitals after winning two consecutive matches in this IPL. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad blamed one cricketer after the loss.
Ruturaj Gaikwad lost his first match as captain in IPL. Chennai Super Kings lost to Delhi Capitals after winning two consecutive matches in this IPL. Captain Ruturaj blamed a cricketer after the loss.
After the match Ruturaj said, “I think Racine did not perform as expected. He started well in the first two matches. But could not in this match. In the first three matches, I fell behind to get runs.” Rachin got out for 2 runs after playing 12 balls to chase the run. As a result, Chennai scored only 7 runs in the first 3 overs. Ruturaj himself got out after playing only two balls for 1 run. But Ruturaj may have blamed Rachin for taking more balls.
Batting first, Delhi scored 191 runs but Ruturaj was happy with the performance of the bowlers. He said, “I am happy to restrict Delhi to 191 after the way they started in the power play, the batting was very easy in the first innings. But in the second innings, the ball fell on the pitch and the swing was a bit more. So we were having trouble playing. Even after that we fought. But in the end too many runs were needed. If I had played well in the beginning, I might have won.”
Batting first against Chennai, Delhi lost 5 wickets and scored 191 runs in 20 overs. Rishabh Pant played an innings of 51 runs off 32 balls. David Warner scored 52 runs off 35 balls. In reply, Chennai Super Kings ended their innings at 171 for 6 wickets. In the end, Mahendra Singh Dhoni could not win the team even though he played an innings of 37 runs off 16 balls. Delhi won the match by 20 runs.
