Chennai Super Kings Captain (CSK), Ruturaj Gaikwad, surprised many when he did not open the tickets with Rachin Ravindra during his Premier League India (IPL 2025) party against the Mumbai Indians (MI). Instead, Rahul Tripathi was sent to open.
Looking at the statistics, it could be understood that Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar like two PowerPlay bowling players at the opposite end for me caused the decision.
Ruturaj fights Pacers in the power game with a high point ball of 45.42% against the lap and 47.9% against rap. Gaikwad is not exactly attacking enough with an average SR of around 115.
In contrast, after the power game, the SR of Gaikwad increases to 171 against rapid bowling players.
The former CSK star Michael Hussey echoed in the same line, while in communications he reasoned the movement to send Rahul Tripathi to the top.
Hussey said: “We discussed a lot about Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rahul Tripathi. The idea expected Tripathi to have a great impact for us on the PowerPlay. He is a really aggressive player. Ruturaj, we know how much class he has. He can take in the media turn. He has been with us for six or seven years.”
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Speaking about the game, the Mumbai Indians managed to put an average total of 155 for 9 in 20 overs after Noor Ahmad turned his network in Chepauk with a four wickt tour.
Upon reaching the persecution, Tripathi could not be launched, leaving at a low price for 2.
At the time of writing this report, the CSK Lee 71 score for 1 in 6.3 Overs with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra that currently bat in the middle.
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