Dropped Catches Cost Us: Ruturaj Gaikwad on CSK's Fielding Woes Against RCB.
After the 50-run defeat at the hands of RCB, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said:" Honestly, I still think that a score of 170 runs was worth chasing on this wicket. It was not that good a wicket for batting. We suffered a lot due to a bad day in fielding.
At the end of the day, when you are chasing 170 runs, you bat differently. You have a little time when you go to bat. When you are chasing 20 extra runs on a wicket where you know it is going to be a bit sticky, and it will stop once the ball gets old, you have to bat a little differently in the powerplay. It got a little slow and sticky. The new ball was sticking a lot for five overs. I don't really know how it happened. Rahul backed his shot. I went and returned my shot. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Ruturaj Gaikwad on CSK's Fielding Woes Against RCB
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said: There are times when you have a par score in your mind and maybe when you are chasing 20 extra runs, you always want to be one step ahead of the game. That was the thinking which didn't really work. Still happy that we didn't lose by a big margin, and it was just 50 runs in the end. There is definitely a different scenario: when you have three world-class spinners in your team, you want new batsmen to face them. That's where the game changes a lot.
They just kept going, we dropped catches at crucial times and then there was always an extra six or an extra boundary after that. The momentum continued and didn't stop till the last over. It's a long flight to Guwahati, so we have to be mentally prepared. In a tournament like the IPL, we had a bad day today in batting and bowling, but I think fielding has to improve a lot, and we should come back stronger in the fielding department.