CSK lost in the first match of IPL 2023, due to these reasons the formidable team could not win
Gujarat Titans have also won the first match by five wickets while maintaining their IPL winning streak. With the start of IPL, Chennai Super Kings lost in the match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match went till the last over, where Gujarat had to score eight runs. In the last over, Rahul Tewatia gave the team the victory by hitting fours and fours. There were many reasons behind the defeat of CSK, let’s know about those main reasons.
Stokes and Conway did not work
In the first match, Chennai’s Dhurandhar proved to be a flop. Although Rituraj Gaikwad played a brilliant inning of 92 runs, but apart from him no other player could do wonders. No player scored even 40 runs, otherwise Chennai’s score could have been 200. The bat of players like Ben Stokes, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu remained silent in the match. Ben Stokes fell victim to Rashid Khan after scoring just seven runs.
Lost the toss and paid the loss
The Chennai team also lost the toss, due to which they got to bat first. CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni himself said that bowling earlier was easier. There was dew on the ground in the second innings, due to which it was very easy to bat in the second innings.
Impact player could not do wonders
The impact player rule implemented in IPL also could not benefit Chennai. It was Chennai impact player Tushar Pandey, who was badly beaten. He gave away 51 runs in 3.2 overs.
no ball bowled
In the very first match of the IPL, Chennai bowlers bowled two no-balls, which cost the team dearly. A four and a six were hit on both these free heats.
