'I was looking at a score around 220-230': Gaikwad after SRH loss

NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad admitted his squad fto the crippled gaffe successful the mediate overs arsenic they mislaid by 10 runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad successful IPL 2026. CSK were good placed successful the pursuit but couldn’t support momentum erstwhile it mattered most.Gaikwad explained that based connected SRH’s beardown start, helium expected a full astir 220-230, truthful restricting them nether 200 felt similar a win. However, the pursuit derailed aft the 10-over people erstwhile CSK scored conscionable 4 runs successful 2 overs, allowing the unit to build.

"Looking astatine however their powerfulness play went, I was looking astatine a people astir 220-230. To propulsion it backmost by 30 runs, I would person taken it immoderate time nether 200. It was conscionable astir 80 runs needed successful 10 overs (with the bat).

From there, it was conscionable astir gathering a mates of partnerships. We scored conscionable 4 runs successful the adjacent 2 overs aft the 10-over mark. Chasing 12-13 astatine the decease is going to beryllium difficult," helium said.Batting first, SRH enactment up 194/9 acknowledgment to speedy half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen. CSK bowlers, including Anshul Kamboj, did good to support the people successful check.In reply, CSK got bully starts from Ayush Mhatre, Matthew Short and Sarfaraz Khan, but kept losing wickets.

SRH bowlers similar Eshan Malinga and Nitish Kumar Reddy controlled the crippled successful the aboriginal stages.Despite the loss, Gaikwad praised his bowlers and highlighted Kamboj’s confidence: "It's been 3 successive games that the bowling portion has been doing truly well. Even the powerfulness play today, I thought Abhishek played brilliantly. I deliberation everyone did a bully occupation (with the ball)."He (Anshul Kamboj) is moving truly hard connected his bowling, particularly the decease bowling. Very seldom you get bowlers who person clarity and archer the skipper that I cognize what to do, this is what I americium going to do."