Chennai Super Kings IPL 2023: The team of Chennai Super Kings may have failed to chase the target against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023), but the team’s head coach Stephen Fleming believes that there is a need to change the batting order. No need. It would not be good to tamper with the things which are going well. Chasing a target of 203 runs, the Chennai team managed to score 170 runs for 6 wickets and suffered a 32-run defeat, this is their third defeat in eight matches in this season of IPL.
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Head Coach Stephen Fleming Gave a Big Statement
Fleming was asked whether the team needed to send some big hitters in the upper order, he said, ‘The role assigned is important. Ajinkya Rahane is playing a very good role for us at number three. We do not need to tamper with those things which are going well. He further said, ‘Today we faced a team that controlled the pace of the ball. We could not get the required rhythm in the first six overs. Devon Conway is in excellent form but he could not find the rhythm. Our innings progressed at a slow pace and when we tried to score fast runs, we made some mistakes.
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Stephen Fleming Told the Reason for the Defeat
Fleming admitted that he had lost the match in the power play itself and said that the opposition team performed brilliantly in the first six overs in both batting and bowling. He said, ‘His performance in the first six overs, both in batting and bowling, was unmatched. With this, he strengthened his hold on the match. We could have done better than this.
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Rajasthan team Scored Big
In this match played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals, batting first, scored 202 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. For Rajasthan, young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal showed amazing with the bat and played an excellent inning of 77 runs. After which the Chennai team could only score 170 runs for 6 wickets.