Chennai Super Kings ran through an outrageous campaign in the IPL 2022 season as they finished ninth on the table with four wins and ten defeats in the league stage.
This is why CSK failed to qualify for the playoffs in the last season. The yellow army kick-started their IPL 2023 campaign today as they are taking on Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Chennai Super Kings largely benefitted from the services of Ruturaj Gaikwad as the right-handed batsman took the bowling attack to the cleaners with relative ease.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was the pick of the batters for CSK as he scored a quickfire 92 off 50 balls. He composed his innings with the help of four boundaries and nine hits over the fence at a strike rate of 184.
CSK come under fire for their unimpressive batting order
The four-time IPL champions were on the receiving end for their unimpressive batting order during the tournament opener against Gujarat Titans at the world’s largest cricket stadium.
Ben Stokes, the big-money signing for Chennai Super Kings didn’t fit at the No.4 slot in the first place. Besides that, Shivam Dube at No.6 didn’t fit well either. Ben Stokes had a bad day at the office as he could score 7 off 6 balls (1 four).
On the other hand, Shivam Dube chipped in with 19 off 18 balls including a six. Chennai Super Kings posted a competitive total of 178 for the loss of eight wickets in their quota of 20 overs.
Gujarat Titans’ playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Ashish Nehra, Gary Kirsten, Aashish Kapoor
Chennai Super Kings’ playing XI: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Stephen Fleming, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Rajiv Kumar
Stokes one actually suprised me especially when he didn't come at 3
Advertisement— RuturajFan (@RuturajFan) March 31, 2023
Yeah, man. Moeen at 5, Stokes at 3.
— ; (@AIH183no) March 31, 2023
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Dube coming before jaddu. It's baffling tbh. So poor.
Advertisement— Mvk (@HarryJo89360061) March 31, 2023
Yeah sud be vice versa…………. Stokes sud bat as a finisher
— Akash Saha (@AkashSa01461206) March 31, 2023
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Moeen can hit off ball 1 he should bat down the order and dube should not be playing
Advertisement— Woke NFL (@wokenfl) March 31, 2023
Had it not been for Gaikwad, CSK would have posted a low-scoring total.
— saistunz (@saistunz10) March 31, 2023
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