Lucknow Super Giants achieved a rare double against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024 on Tuesday. Days after defeating the five-time champions on home soil, LSG also defeated CSK in Chennai. In the process, the KL Rahul-led side became the first team to defeat CSK on home soil. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have had to make changes to their action plan this IPL season due to the unavailability of key players, with coach Stephen Fleming admitting that the team is “trying to find the right combination” and adding that they need to make more changes. Will have to do. Due to a combination of unavoidable circumstances.
Throughout the tournament, CSK have been off balance due to injuries to Mathiesha Pathirana (hamstring niggle) and Rahane (calf niggle). Additionally, Mustafizur Rahman’s absence from CSK’s away game against Sunrisers Hyderabad was due to his US visa obligations for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
During the match, the MA Chidambaram Stadium was packed with CSK fans, but a handful of LSG supporters had the night of their lives. One such video has gone viral where an LSG supporter can be seen making fun of CSK supporters.
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The decision to drop Rachin Ravindra and inconsistency in including Daryl Mitchell in the squad, as well as a change in the batting order to pair captain Ruturaj Gaikwad with Ajinkya Rahane at the top, failed to deliver the desired results for CSK.
“We are a little uncomfortable in some areas. So, we are not just trying to find any quick solutions, but we are where the players are going to contribute in the final stages of this tournament. We have got another change in a few games. I’m coming with Mustafizur (leaving),” Fleming said in the post-match presentation.
“So, we’re just trying to prepare and build a team that will take us home. We’ve had injuries, we’ve had a little bit of trouble, but the main thing is to get guys in key areas and into form,” he said. ‘Sometimes it takes a while, some changes have been imposed on us and some changes have happened.’
In Tuesday’s home match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Mitchell was out for 11 off 10 balls and Rahane was out for 1 off 3. In their last match against LSG in Lucknow. Sameer Rizvi came to bat at number. 6 and 5 were out after scoring just 1 run in balls, while Rachin opened with Rahane and Gaikwad batted at number. 3.
Mitchell, who was bought by CSK for Rs 14 crore in the auction, has been shifted to four different batting positions. He has scored only 146 runs in seven innings, with his highest score being 34.
Reflecting on Mitchell’s batting position, Fleming said that he is more comfortable with the right-handed batsman moving up the order as he has done well for New Zealand while batting at number one. 3.
“There is a lot of pressure there. Coming up the order is more comfortable for him. I put him down the order in a hitting role, it was not his best position. So, we have looked at improving it and bringing him up the order , where they have done their best at the international level, it may take some time, but the top three need to contribute the majority of runs.
“Ruturaj did that today, so hopefully he can continue his form and other guys can pick up on that… We’re not firing on all cylinders by any means, but we’re in each game and We’re asking teams to play well, we just have to be a little bit better to beat us,” Fleming said.
With IANS inputs
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