In IPL 2024, a great match was played between Chennai and Kolkata on Monday. Chennai won the match by seven wickets. Chennai won the toss in the match and decided to bowl first. Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to bat first, could not stand against the Chennai bowlers. The team could only score 137 in 20 overs after losing nine batsmen. While chasing the target, captain Ruturaj scored an unbeaten half-century for the Chennai team. Ruturaj also hit the winning four on the fourth ball of the 18th over. Ruturaj was seen very emotional after the match, he expressed his views openly in front of everyone after the match. Talking about the match and his captaincy, he said, ‘His job becomes easier due to the presence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and head coach Stephen Fleming in taking important decisions for the team.’
I don’t need to tell anyone anything: Ruturaj Gaikwad
After winning the match against Kolkata by seven wickets, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said, ‘I don’t really need to tell anyone anything in this team. Everyone is very excited, Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) and Fleming are still present to take important decisions. Ruturaj looked a little emotional after scoring his first fifty of the season. Recalling the earlier incident, he said, ‘I remembered old things. Even when I scored my first half-century in IPL, Mahi Bhai was present with me to finish the match.
My responsibility is to stay till the end: Gaikwad
Ruturaj (Ruturaj GaikwadTalking about the pitch and slow batting, he said, ‘Due to Ajinkya’s injury, I felt it was my responsibility to stay till the end. I did not want to put other players of the team in a difficult situation. I wouldn’t say I have a slow start, sometimes in T20 you turn things around in one or two balls. Sometimes you need a little luck to get ahead. Experts will probably talk about my strike rate.
IPL 2024: Jadeja took 100th catch
Apart from contributing with the ball, Ravindra Jadeja had another memorable day on the field. He took two catches in this match. As soon as he caught Shreyas Iyer off the ball of Mustafizur Rahman on the first ball of the 20th over, Jadeja joined Virat Kohli in a special list. Jadeja is now one of the five fielders to take 100 catches in the IPL. Kohli is at the top in this list, who has 110 catches in his name in 242 matches.
IPL 2024: CSK defeated KKR by 7 wickets
Talking about the match between CSK and KKR, CSK registered its third win of the season by defeating KKR by 7 wickets at its home ground Chepauk Stadium. Whereas this is the first defeat of KKR this season. After being invited to bat first, KKR team was limited to a total score of 137. The batsmen of the visiting team were seen struggling to score runs on this pitch. Jadeja spent only 18 runs in his four over spell and dismissed three batsmen.
IPL 2024: Playing 11 of both the teams
Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Tushar Deshpande, Mahesh Theekshana.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Philip Salt (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty.