Chennai Super Kings have bid adieu to their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 campaign, with a big 9-wicket win over the Kings XI Punjab in their final game of the season, on Sunday.
With six wins in their 14 matches, CSK can’t go further in the tournament and this the first time in 11 years of the league (they have featured in), that they haven’t progressed into the Top-4.
CSK restricted Kings XI Punjab to 153/6 after surviving some Deepak Hooda blitz at the end and chased the total down with 7 balls to spare.
The 23-year old Ruturaj Gaikwad starred again with the bat as he played an unbeaten innings of 62 runs off 49 balls, thereby becoming the first CSK player to score three consecutive half-centuries.
CSK will rue a couple of missed opportunities - against KKR in their first encounter and Delhi Capitals, where they were in hold of the game for majority of it but couldn’t capitalize for the whole duration of the game.
After their 11 games, CSK were eliminated from the race of the playoffs and gave opportunities to youngsters such as Gaikwad and Narayan Jagadeesan with an eye on the next auction and the 2021 season. The youngsters certainly came to the party and CSK won three games in a row to bow out on a positive note.
Netizens and the fans of the franchise and cricketers were pleased with the performance of their team in the last few games, especially with Gaikwad, who showed his consistency and ability to play in this format.
Here are some of the reactions:
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