Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni admitted that batting first after successful the toss was not a good suggestion, after his group misplaced to Gujarat Titans (GT) within the 62nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) on Could 15, 2022, within the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
MS Dhoni included N Jagadeesan, Prashant Solanki, Mitchell Santner, and Matheesha Pathirana instead of Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Bravo, and Maheesh Theekshana. Gujarat Titans went in unchanged.
The CSK batters couldn’t get going regardless of getting in. Whereas Devon Conway was out for five, Ruturaj Gaikwad made 53 in 49 balls, Moeen Ali made 21 in 17 balls and N Jagadeesan remained unbeaten on 39 in 33 balls because the four-time champions managed to place 133/5 in 20 overs.
Mohammad Shami for GT was the very best bowler with 2/19 in his 4 overs.
We Will Look To Give Folks Possibilities: MS Dhoni Whereas Praising Matheesha Pathirana
In reply, Gujarat Titans’ chase was shouldered by Wriddhiman Saha who made 67* in 57 balls with 1 six and eight fours to his identify. Matthew Wade made 20, Shubman Gill scored 18, whereas David Miller made 18* as GT reached the goal within the final over with 7 wickets in hand.
Sri Lanka’s younger sensation Matheesha Pathirana had a wonderful debut as he picked a wicket on his first ball within the Indian Premier League, trapping Shubman Gill LBW, after which took a wicket of GT captain Hardik Pandya on the primary ball of his second over.
MS Dhoni, after the match, praised Pathirana, whereas admitting that batting first after successful the toss was not a good suggestion.
Her mentioned: “Batting first wasn’t an excellent concept. It was powerful to hit the sooner bowlers within the first half, spinners-wise it was related. Sai bowled properly. We might have pushed Shivam up however would have overwhelmed the aim of getting Jaggi within the facet. Had it been earlier within the event, it will have been a tactical transfer to have Shivam in. With Pathirana, the margin of error is slim. He’s received a great slower one and it will likely be powerful to hit him if he bowls constant tempo. We are going to look to offer individuals probabilities. We are attempting to characteristic a great XI and can look to do this within the coming video games additionally.”
Together with his win, GT confirmed a top-two end for themselves within the league stage as they now have 20 factors.
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