Chennai Super Kings batting coach Mike Hussey identified that Dewald Brevis’ onslaught towards Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Vaibhav Arora swung Wednesday’s IPL match in favour of the visiting facet.
The Australian additionally praised house captain Ajinkya Rahane for utilizing his bowling sources nicely.
“Rahane’s captaincy was first class. He pulled all the right cards at the right time. He had to attack with his gun spinners at that time. If they hadn’t, Brevis and (Shivam) Dube going the way they were going, the match would have finished maybe three overs earlier. Tactically he (Rahane) was brilliant, but unfortunately it didn’t go their way,” Hussey stated after CSK’s two-wicket win.
Brevis plundered 30 runs off Vaibhav in the eleventh over of the 180-run chase.
“That was a really important over for us to bring the runs required and the balls left a lot closer. We knew that the keys were going to be (Sunil) Narine and (Varun) Chakaravarthy, particularly on this pitch, which looked very dry. The batters knew they had to target the faster bowlers. To Brevis and Dube’s credit, they played the spinners nicely.”
On KKR letting CSK off the hooks after lowering it to 60 for 5, Rahane praised Brevis and Dube for his or her courageous batting and admitted that his group scored 15 runs much less because of CSK bowlers’ good efficiency.
Rahane, nevertheless, was hopeful that KKR would be capable of qualify for the playoffs by successful its remaining two away matches and garnering 15 factors.
Published – May 08, 2025 06:25 pm IST
