CSK Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad's Blunt Admission After Big Loss To RCB: "It Cost Us..."

Following his team's loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad expressed that 170 runs was a "par total" on the Chepauk surface and dropped catches, some extra boundaries costed them the game. Tight bowling spells from pacers Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secure a 50-run win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Chepauk Stadium on Thursday.

Speaking during the post-match presentation, Gaikwad said, "To be honest, I still feel 170 was a par score on this wicket. It was not that great to bat. It was a bad day in the fielding; it cost us really badly. At the end of the day, when you are chasing 170, you bat differently. You have little bit time when you go in to bat. When you are chasing 20 runs extra on a wicket where you know it is going to be a little bit sticky and it is going to stop after the ball gets old, you have to bat slightly differently in the powerplay. It got a little bit slower and sticky. The new ball was sticking a lot until the five overs, do not really know how it happened."

"Rahul (Tripathi) backed his shot, I went and backed my shot, sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. There are times where you have a par score in your mind and probably when you are chasing 20 runs extra, you always want to be a step ahead of the game. That is what the thinking was, did not really work out. Still happy that we did not lose by a big margin and at the end it was just 50 runs."

"Definitely a different scenario when you have three world-class spinners in your team, you want the new batters to face them. That is where the game changes a lot. They just kept going, we dropped catches at