"Keep Dropping Catches": Ex-India Star Launches Fresh Attack On Chennai Super Kings

Former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth launched a scathing attack on Chennai Super Kings for its woeful fielding effort against Punjab Kings. He believes it is high time Chennai figures out its bowling and finds a way to restrict opposition before 180 because that is the chasing capacity of the current batting unit. Chennai fell to its fourth successive defeat after falling 18 runs short against Punjab Kings on Tuesday night in a gripping run chase. Punjab's daunting 219/6 was way out of Chennai's league as the Super Kings continued their quest of chasing down 180-plus targets for the first time since 2018.

Numerous dropped chances massively hindered CSK's chances of victory. Punjab, who were reeling at 83/5, capitalised on the invaluable lifelines and blazed its way to a 200-plus target.

"When you give over 130 runs from 83/5 to 219/6 and keep dropping catches, you are never going to be in a winning position, however good you try and chase!" Srikkanth wrote on X.

Throughout the first innings, Chennai players were tilting at windmills in the field, fluffing up match-defining opportunities. CSK's tragic story of dropped chances continued, and two of those allowed Priyansh Arya to break the shackles and wallop to a 39-ball century.

Khaleel Ahmed was guilty of being caught and bowled in the very first over on a score of six, while Mukesh Choudhary floored it at long-off in the 12th off Ravichandran Ashwin when Arya was batting with belligerence on 73.

The story of missed chances didn't end there for CSK. The five-time champions paid through the nose after Shashank Singh, who was going about the business with his usual explosive ways, earned a second lifeline when Ravindra dropped a sitter off Noor Ahmad at deep