Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ki IPL 2025 journey aur bhi tough hoti ja rahi hai. April 5 ko Delhi Capitals ke khilaaf 25-run ki haark ke baad, CSK ko iss season ka teesra consecutive loss dekhne ko mila. Aur yeh match kisi aam jagah pe nahi, unke home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk pe hua.
Delhi Capitals ne toss jeetke batting ka faisla kiya. Faf du Plessis ke na hone ke kaaran KL Rahul ne opening ki aur 51 balls pe zabardast 77 runs banaye. Abishek Porel (33), Axar Patel (21), Sameer Rizvi (20), aur Tristan Stubbs (24*) ne bhi crucial runs jodke team ko 183/6 tak pahunchaya.
Chase karne utri CSK ki team bilkul bhi rhythm mein nahi dikhi. Pehle 10 overs tak unhone sirf 74 runs pe hi 5 wickets gawa diye. Phir aaye Vijay Shankar aur MS Dhoni, jinhone milke ek 84-run ki partnership banayi. Vijay Shankar ne 69* (54) banaye jabki Dhoni ne 30* (26), lekin team required run rate se kaafi peeche reh gayi aur match haari gayi.
DC ke bowlers ne ekdum tight bowling ki aur Chepauk mein 14 saal baad jeet haasil ki. Yeh unka pehla win tha iss venue pe 5468 dinon baad! Is jeet ke saath hi DC ne IPL 2025 mein apne pehle 3 matches jeetkar top position le li hai.
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad match ke baad visibly upset dikhai diye. Team ki continuous failures ne unka morale down kar diya hai.
“Last few games mein bilkul bhi hamare favour mein nahi jaa raha. Hum try toh kar rahe hain lekin cheezein ho nahi rahi. Bowling aur batting, dono mein hi powerplay hamare liye pain point bana hua hai. Hum ya toh extra runs de rahe hain ya jaldi wickets gawaa rahe hain. Lagta hai hum thoda over-cautious ya hesitant ho jaate hain powerplay mein. Sabko milke effort daalna padega, intent dikhani padegi. DC ne aaj conditions ka use bohot achhe se kiya aur humein match ke peechhe hi rakha,”
– Ruturaj Gaikwad, post-match presentation
Ab CSK ka next clash April 8 ko Punjab Kings ke against hoga Chepauk mein hi. Wahi Delhi Capitals apna agla match April 10 ko RCB ke against khelegi. CSK fans ke liye yeh waqt kaafi testing hai, dekhte hain kya Ruturaj ki sena comeback kar payegi ya nahi.
