Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated the Axar Patel-led team by 23 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday, April 11. The visitors conceded 212 runs after winning the toss in Chennai. In response, they were bowled out for 189 runs in 20 overs, suffering their second consecutive defeat in the IPL 2026.
During the post-match press conference, Venugopal Rao spoke about the fielding failures. His direct criticism put significant pressure on Gnaneswara Rao and his fielding coaching methods.
"You will have one or two bad games. Obviously, if you look back, first three games we fielded well, we took good catches. One odd game, fielding matters. If you remember after the strategic timeout, one over, we missed one run-out and one catch," he added.
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Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was dismissed early for 15 runs. However, Ayush Mhatre provided strong support with 59 runs from 36 balls before retiring out. Shivam Dube added a quick unbeaten 20 off 10 balls, helping Chennai Super Kings post a massive total of 212/2.
Tristan Stubbs tried to fight back with 60 runs from 30 balls. Jamie Overton took four wickets for just 18 runs, while Anshul Kamboj claimed three for 35. Delhi Capitals were bowled out for 189 in 20 overs.
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“I think after seeing this second innings batting, there was a bit of that feeling (that CSK posted an above-par total). Two overs, 24 in the middle overs, I think it cost us. Obviously, if you look back now, after seeing CSK's bowling, their four fast bowlers bowled well. They knew the conditions and executed it well."
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