Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad on Wednesday admitted that the losing tosses have become a headache for him. CSK have won just one toss out of their first 10 games, and Ruturaj admitted that he feels the pressure when he goes out to the middle for the toss. Punjab Kings on Wednesday won their match against CSK by seven wickets. Ruturaj lost the toss in this match as well, as PBKS decided to send CSK to bat first.
Toss factor
Although Ruturaj scored 62 on Wednesday to overtake Virat Kohli in the Purple Cap race, the CSK skipper in the post-match press conference said he is trying everything in his power to change his fortune in tosses.
Under the pump
Ruturaj also said CSK were 50-60 runs short and claimed the dew factor nullified their spin threat from the game in the second innings.
“We were probably 50-60 runs short, the pitch wasn’t great when we batted, it got better later on. With the impact rule as well, we were well short. I’ve practiced the tosses (during the practice sessions), it’s not going well in the match, not sure what to do. To be truthful, I’m under pressure when I go to the middle (for the toss). We were also surprised that we won by a big margin in the last match considering the conditions,” he said.
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Unfavourable conditions
“I think the last two games, the conditions and pitch was better, it allowed us to fight hard and get to 200+, today, it wasn’t good enough to get to even 180. It’s a real problem, there are phases where you want wickets, but you have only two bowlers, the dew took the spinners out of the equation. It was tough, but there’re four games left and we will try and come back to winning ways,” he added.
