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Ruturaj Gaikwad, the captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), revealed his struggles with winning tosses.
On Wednesday, he lost the toss for the ninth time in ten matches this season.
Gaikwad was announced as CSK's new captain on the eve of the opener, replacing the previous captain.
However, luck hasn't favored him in terms of tosses, as the opposition captain has won most of them.
In the recent match at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Punjab Kings' skipper Sam Curran won the toss and opted to field, which turned out to be the right decision as Punjab Kings won by seven wickets.
Chasing a target of 163, Punjab Kings reached 163/3 in 17.
5 overs, thanks to dominant performances from Jonny Bairstow (46) and Rilee Rossouw (43).
Earlier, two-wicket hauls from Rahul Chahar and Harpreet Brar restricted CSK to 162/7 in 20 overs.
After the match, Gaikwad expressed his frustration with his luck at the toss and mentioned that he has been practicing it.
He said, '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).
'Gaikwad also commented on the conditions and the challenges faced by the team.
He said, 'We were also surprised that we won by a big margin in the last match considering the conditions.
I think the last two games, the conditions and pitch were 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 (on the player missing due to injuries and Chahal walking away in the first over), 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.
'Despite the challenges, Gaikwad has been brilliant with the bat this season and is currently the Orange Cap leader with 509 runs in 10 matches, at a strike rate of 146.
68.
He has also registered a ton and four fifties.
After the defeat, CSK remained in fourth position in the IPL 2024 points table, while Punjab Kings climbed to seventh place.