IPL: Chennai Super Kings First to eliminate from Railooff Racing After Loss on Punjab Kings
Indian Prime Minister Powerhouse Chennai Super Kings has become the first team that will eliminate this season from the race of playoffs, paying the price for an obsolete striking style in a 10 team competition.
Fivefold champions succumbed to Their eighth loss in 10 matches this season after Punjab Kings Wednesday wins four wickets to keep them at the bottom of the point of points.
At 172-4 in 18. years, Chennai It looked a set of 200-plus score, but in the end, everyone was in 190 with four innings after the Punjab Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal claimed that four mitals in five balls, including the hat.
“It was the first time we set enough run on the board, but was it a paric? I feel (we were) a little short,” Chennai Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said after that.
“Not to forget when it’s a great scoring, we didn’t play the last four deliveries, and in the second last, we have four players.”
“In the close match, seven (dot) delivery mean a lot”, He said.
Chennai were criticized for their slow striking until they often failed to take advantage of PowerPlay and Over.
Their rate of 8.23 is the lowest among all teams and the list 27 amounts to a team of 200 or more this season, Chennai learned only once.
They had to change their abuser upper order, including the New Zealand Duo Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway, while Dhoni was placed in charge after shoulder injury shortened Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja and Rahul Tripathi have also failed to shoot in the middle order, which often denied a team of any late acceleration platform.
Batting on number three, Curran himself came to good against Punjab, striking 88 of 47 balls after three single-digit results on the tournament.
Dhoni was satisfied with the attitude of the English comprehensive.
“Whenever he appears, he wants to contribute, whether he is with a stick or with a ball,” Dhoni said.