After being reduced to 24/4 (Ambati Rayudu retired hurt) at the resumption of IPL in Dubai, Ruturaj Gaikwadi Made a spectacular comeback for the three-time champions as they registered a 20-run win to top the table.
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The right-handed batsman batted without fear when wickets were falling around him and scored an unbeaten 88 to help Chennai Super Kings Reach 156/6. It gave the yellow brigade oxygen to fight and then it was the bowlers’ turn and some shrewd captaincy from MS Dhoni won the day for CSK. Swing bowler Deepak Chahar dismissed opener Anmolpreet Singh quinton de kock And then Dhoni did what he does. He used his T20 sagacity, downplaying the scoring angles of the batsmen, changing his bowlers at the right time as Mumbai whispered to finish on 136/8.
the fact that the captain Rohit Sharma and explosive all-rounder Hardik Pandya Things didn’t go smoothly for Mumbai when things started taking a wrong turn. Pandya’s absence was particularly felt when Mumbai needed around 50 runs in the last four overs but there was no one to give the defending champions the necessary push.
But before that, it was all about Ruturaj. The batsman worked on his core muscles before the tournament and this gave him strength that he did not have before. The right-handed batsman cleared the fence with ease under pressure and it brought CSK back.
“I didn’t think much about what was happening at the other end. My job was to bat and attack when the spinners came,” Ruturaj said at the break.
It was a really tough start for CSK as Trent Boult (2/35) and Adam Milne (2/21) made use of a bit of the life in the pitch. Two foreigners Faf du Plessis and Moeen Ali He was dismissed after scoring 0 runs, but the biggest blow came in the form of injury to Rayudu. A short ball from Adam Milne hit him on the elbow and the right-hander had to leave the field groaning in pain and there seemed to be no way back. The other two retired stars MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina were also dismissed early in the top half and MI would have thought they would keep CSK below 120.
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But it was at this time that Ruturaj joined in a partnership of 81 runs. Ravindra Jadeja (26). The right-hander got life for 19 when wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock took him out of the leggie Rahul Chahar, but that doesn’t take anything away from their performance.
Acting Captain of Mumbai Kieron Pollard Missed a trick at this point when he introduced two spinners and kept Bumrah for the later stages. It gave Ruturaj the confidence to launch the attack and with Jadeja’s perseverance at the other end, things suddenly started looking easy for the 25-year-old Maharashtra batsman.
But when Jadeja got out in the 17th over, 150 plus seemed like a long way off for CSK. But Ruturaj and Dwayne Bravo (23 off 8) pushed CSK late.
Rohit is not fit, Hardik may drop: Rohit Sharma is coughing and hence he missed the opener. Coach Mahela Jayawardene said it is more precautionary than anything. But it was not clear why Hardik Pandya was not playing. There is a possibility that he is still not fit to bowl and hence the management decided not to include him in the XI.
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