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‘We scored 4 points in 2 overs’: Gaikwad’s honest thoughts after CSK’s loss to SRH

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Image: BCCI/IPL)

New Delhi: Excellent death bowling from Eshan Malinga and Nitish Kumar Reddy helps Sunrisers Hyderabad rise above chennai super kings They are 10 points ahead in the IPL 2026 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.With this win, Sunrisers Hyderabad climbed to the fourth spot in the table with three wins and three losses.CSK is ranked seventh with 2 wins and 4 losses.Asked to bat first, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a good start with half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma (59 off 22 balls, including 6 fours and 4 sixes) and Heinrich Klaasen (59 off 39 balls, including 6 fours and 2 sixes) to push their score to 194/9.In reply, CSK fell behind by 10 runs. Eshan Malinga (3/29) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (2/31) struck an impressive four-wicket haul to seal victory for Sunrisers Hyderabad.“Looking at how their powerplay went, my target was 220-230. To bring the score back to 30, I would have taken less than 200 any day. Only about 80 was needed in the 10 overs of the chase. From there, we just built some partnerships. After 10 overs, we managed just 4 runs in the next two overs,” the CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad Said after the game.“Chasing 12-13 on death bowling will be difficult. The bowling team has been very good for three games in a row. Even in the powerplay today, I thought Abhishek bowled extremely well. I thought everyone did a good job with the ball. Anshul is really working on his bowling, especially the death bowling. There are very few bowlers who can clearly tell the captain that I know what to do and this is what I am going to do,” he said.CSK will face Delhi Capitals on April 21 and CSK will face Mumbai Indians on April 23.

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