The reason for CSK's success is this master plan by Ruturaj..!?
CSK won the IPL 2024 match against punjab Kings by 28 runs. An impact player program by coach stephen Fleming and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was the main reason for CSK's success in this tournament. CSK team needed to field an impact batsman in this match but did not do it. Instead, CSK fielded a bowler as an impact player. This program was the main reason for the team's success. In this match, the CSK team lost wickets when they batted first. They scored 101 runs in 12.4 overs and lost 5 wickets. The remaining 8 overs were to be played with the back-row players. In such cases, other teams will plan to field an impact batsman to make up for the fall of wickets and raise the score.
But CSK did not do so despite the fall of bad wickets. Instead, after losing 5 wickets, bowlers like Mitchell Santner and shardul thakur were fielded. They scored very few runs. Next, dhoni entered the field in the ninth row. He also ducked out. But under no circumstances did CSK field an impact batsman like sameer Rizvi. At this stage, CSK scored only 167 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. Simarjeet Singh was fielded as an impact player when the punjab team chased. He is a fast bowler. deepak chahar and Pathirana, the main fast bowlers in the CSK team, did not feature in this match. CSK used Simarjeet Singh as the sixth bowler in their absence.
Perhaps if CSK had used only five bowlers it would have made it difficult for the bowlers to exchange overs properly. The punjab team will use it to plan very easily and target only the overs of some bowlers accumulate runs and go towards victory. However, CSK skipper Rudhuraj was able to use the bowlers effectively in rotation as he brought in Simar Jeet Singh as the sixth bowler.
In this match, Simarjeet Singh bowled in the 10th over and took the fifth wicket of the punjab team. The team then scored 69 runs and lost 5 wickets and came under heavy pressure. After that, the team lost due to run rate pressure. In that respect, the impact player program devised by stephen Fleming and Rudraaj was the reason for the success.
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