CSK Fans Left Stunned As Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad Drops Sunil Narine's Sitter In IPL 2026 Match vs KKR. Watch
Ruturaj Gaikwad is facing a huge issue. As the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener, his returns with the bat so far have been 6, 28, 7, 15 and 7
- Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 6, 28, 7, 15, and 7 in recent IPL matches for CSK
- In a match against KKR, Gaikwad dropped a sitter off Sunil Narine
- CSK fans, as well as Sanju Samson, could not believe what they had seen
Ruturaj Gaikwad is facing a huge issue. As the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener, his returns with the bat so far have been 6, 28, 7, 15 and 7. For a team struggling in the bottom half of the IPL points table, such performances from the skipper are not morale-boosting. Even on Tuesday, Gaikwad fell to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spinner Anukul Roy for 7 off 15 balls in the third over after attempting a slog sweep, with the ball landing in the hands of Rovman Powell at deep mid-wicket. The misery did not end there. In the fourth over of the KKR innings, Gaikwad dropped a sitter off Sunil Narine. Bowler Anshul Kamboj had already started celebrating, but Ruturaj spilled the straightforward chance. CSK fans, as well as Sanju Samson, could not believe what they had seen.
Sunil Narine's Dropped Cought By Ruturaj Gaikwad.#CSKvsKKR pic.twitter.com/L9We3ts1C1
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Ruturaj Gaikwad drops the catch of Sunil narine
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Watch their reactions pic.twitter.com/99njz4m0C1
Kolkata Knight Riders produced one of their best bowling performances, riding on the spin troika of Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, and Varun Chakaravarthy, to restrict Chennai Super Kings to a manageable 192 for five in an IPL match here on Tuesday.
After Sanju Samson (48 off 32 balls) and Ayush Mhatre (38 off 17 balls) took the score to 72 for 2 at the end of the powerplay, off-spinner Narine (1/21 in 4 overs), slow left-armer Anukul (1/21 in 3 overs) and Varun (0/26 in 3 overs) gave only 68 runs in the 10 overs that they sent down cumulatively, while getting two wickets.
In the 14 overs post powerplay, CSK managed only 120 runs at less than nine runs per over, and it was all down to the KKR spinners.
At the back-end, Kartik Tyagi (2/35 in 4 overs) bowled fast, in the late 140s, and also mixed it with pace off deliveries out of batter's arc to make things difficult.
Dewald Brevis (41 off 29 balls) showed glimpses of his class while Sarfaraz Khan (23 off 18 balls) once again displayed his cheeky cricketing smarts in a half-century plus stand, but CSK were at least 20 runs short of a par score on this track.
At the start, Samson teed off with three boundaries, including a streaky one off Vaibhav Arora's in his opening over.
However, it was U-19 World Cup winning captain Mhatre, who upped the ante straightaway with back-to-back sixes off Cameron Green, apart from hitting a couple of boundaries.
The standout would be a Kapil Dev-style 'Nataraja Shot' behind square. He also hit another open-chested six over mid-wicket. Mhatre's knock really gave the CSK innings the required momentum, even as Samson played the second fiddle during that phase.
While his innings could be termed far from being a smooth effort, he did show his touch with one straight six off Kartik Tyagi, who later came back with a fast 148.1 click off-cutter to breach Samson's defence.
The Chepauk track was two-paced in nature, with the odd ball gripping and coming into the bat late, and the KKR trio of Anukul, Narine and Chakravarthy found enough purchase to put brakes on run-scoring after the end of powerplay, and Tyagi complemented them brilliantly.
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