Ruturaj Gaikwad: In IPL 2025, the Chennai Super Kings team defeated Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets. In this match, Noor Ahmed and Rachin Ravindra performed brilliantly for Chennai. These players played an important role in giving victory to CSK Batting first, Mumbai’s team was reduced to just 155 runs. After this, CSK won due to the innings of Rachin and Ruturaj Gaikwad. Gaikwad opens for Chennai, but in this match he came at number three and batted well.
Ruturaj Gaikwad is happy with the victory
After the match, Ruturaj Gaikwad said that the match could have been tense after I got out. Sometimes matches become close. But I am happy with the victory. Regarding coming at number three, he said that the team needs me to bat at number three. This gives balance to the new team as Rahul Tripathi can play aggressively in the top order.
Gaikwad praised Noor Ahmed
Chennai Super Kings spinners performed very well against Mumbai Indians. On the performance of the spinners, he said that our spinners bowled well from the beginning. Khaleel Ahmed has been performing well for the last two-three years. He is experienced. Noor Ahmed is the ‘X factor’, it is good for us to have him in the team. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the same for us as always. He is more fit this year and is hitting a lot of sixes in the nets.
Noor Ahmed took four wickets
Noor Ahmed proved to be the biggest hero for Chennai against Mumbai Indians. He took four wickets for 18 runs in four overs. He was awarded the Player of the Match award for his good performance. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 53 runs for Chennai. Apart from him, Rachin Ravindra contributed 65 runs and remained unbeaten till the end. Vignesh Puthur bowled brilliantly for Mumbai. He took three wickets. Apart from him, the rest of the Mumbai bowlers could not perform well.