CSK’s 3-game winning streak got here to an end against Lucknow Super Giants, who’re currently at the underside of the points table in the continued Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign, putting their playoff qualification in danger. Nevertheless, after the sport, former Chennai batter Subramaniam Badrinath lashed out on the CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad for his ‘tactical blunder’ that played a task of their defeat against LSG as well.
“CSK losing due to team selection errors is becoming a pattern this season. Leaving out Akeal Hosein on this track made zero sense. One other game, one other missed opportunity,” Badrinath said on X (formerly Twitter).
Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad refused to press the panic button after the loss, and he also urged his teammates to deal with the subsequent two games as well.
“Just be sure we come back and improve what are the areas we want to enhance” – Ruturaj Gaikwad
“I felt there was a little bit of something for the fast bowlers. You already know, after we batted, we found it difficult to hit it off the hard lengths probably, their bowlers executed it rather well. But I feel we were taking a look at 160 or 170 and we ended up getting 180. So I assumed, probably nothing significantly better we could have done from a batting perspective, but I feel credit to them. They batted rather well and never know if the pitch got higher or not, but I feel they played some extraordinary shots,” he said.
“Just be sure we come back and improve what are the areas we want to enhance and yes, attempt to adapt and assess the conditions as quickly as possible and it is a straightforward calculation for us. Win each game for nevertheless many games we play. So I feel nothing easy. I mean, it is straightforward, nothing complicated. So quite easy here on for us. Nothing to fret about. Just be sure we’ve got an excellent day. Make it count whoever has an excellent day and hope that we hope that we turn the things around,” Ruturaj Gaikwad concluded.
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