Chennai Super Kings started with a win in IPL 2025. But in their second match, they had to face defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Chasing the target of 197 runs in this match, the CSK team fell 50 runs short. With this, they lost against RCB after 17 years at home. But after the match, CSK captain Rituraj Gaikwad made such a statement, which has created a ruckus. He has come under the target of his own team's fans.

What did Rituraj Gaikwad say after the defeat?

Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad talked about his team's defeat in the post-match presentation. During this, he also told the reasons for the defeat. But he believed that this defeat was not big. He said, 'I am still happy that we did not lose by a big margin, and in the end, the score was only 50 runs.' This statement of Rituraj Gaikwad is becoming very viral on social media and the fans are fiercely scolding him.

Why did the CSK team lose the match?

Rituraj Gaikwad said after the match, 'I still think that the score of 170 runs was fine on this pitch. Batting was not easy, but we had to face defeat due to poor fielding. When you are chasing 170 runs, you get a little more time, but if the target is 20 runs more, then you have to play differently in the powerplay. Today we cannot do that. The pitch had become slow and sticky, due to which the new ball was not coming on the bat properly. When you know that you have to score 20 runs more than the target, you want to play fast. But in the end we did not lose by a big margin, it was just 50 runs. Now we have to travel a long way to Guwahati, but we have to be mentally prepared. We have to see what things can be improved. Fielding needs improvement the most and we have to make a strong comeback in this department.'

Let us tell you, in this match, the RCB team batted first and scored 196 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. But in response, the Chennai Super Kings team could only score 146 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Due to which it had to face defeat by 50 runs.

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