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Former Indian cricket crew spinner Murali Kartik believes that Chennai Super Kings have reached their lowest level following the loss towards Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. With 5 losses in six matches, CSK are ninth within the competitors and their flop present has resulted in loads of criticism from each specialists in addition to followers. Following the humiliating loss towards KKR, Kartik urged the five-time champions to ‘collectively dig in’ and attempt to reverse the scenario. The former India star additionally referenced RCB’s run in IPL 2024 the place they received six matches on the trot after a surprising begin to their season.
“You can only come upwards from here. You cannot go any lower. It feels like they have reached patal lok (hell). The way this season has gone, you think that this is now my team and what I can do with it. The more you can collectively dig deep from here, the more you can reverse the situation like RCB did last year. They said that let us have a deep look at ourselves and they won six matches on the bounce. I think there is still hope and till you have thrown in the towel, there is still hope,” he mentioned on Cricbuzz.
A disillusioned Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni on Friday blamed his batters for the heavy defeat towards Kolkata Knight Riders and urged them to keep away from desperation and as a substitute deal with higher utility to arrest the slide within the upcoming IPL matches.
CSK have been restricted to 103 for 9, as KKR chased down the goal in simply 10.1 overs, handing the five-time champions their greatest defeat in IPL historical past by way of balls remaining.
“It has been quite a few nights that has not gone our way. The challenge has been there, we have to accept the challenge. Today I felt we did not have enough runs on the board,” Dhoni mentioned.
“It has been the case over here (Chepauk), when we bowled in the 2nd innings it stopped a bit, today it did in the first innings. When you lose too many wickets, there is pressure and with quality spinners it is difficult.” It was yet one more dismal batting efficiency by the five-time champions, who have been fully dismantled by a scientific KKR facet, as CSK slumped to their fifth straight lack of the season.
(With PTI inputs)
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