South African legend Dale Stein was furious for his batting strategy at the Chennai Super Kings during his match against the Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday (May 20).
Asked to hit first, the Chennai Super Kings got off to a poor start again. Even before the power play ended, they lost three wickets. Young Ayush Mhatre was the only bright spot for a smight humiliating performance from the top order of the Chennai Super Kings.
The youngster destroyed 43 and ran just 20 balls before being fired by Tushar Deshpande for the sixth time. Early in the innings, the Chennai Super Kings lost two wickets with just 12 runs in two overs.
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Devon Conway wasted another opportunity to be impressed with BAT as he was fired at age 10 by Yudhvir Singh. Yudhvir then rejected Urvil Patel for the duck to put the Rajasthan Royals in the driver’s seat.
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Dale Stein, not impressed by Chennai Super Kings:
The Chennai Super Kings brought a huge surprise during the power play. After the second wicket defeated the second wicket, they decided to send veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to the bat at number 4. And when Mhatre was fired, Ravindra Jadeja joined Ashwin in the centre.
The decision to send Jadeja and Ashwin and others to Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube and Ms Dhoni surprised Dale Stey.
For X, Dale Steyn writes:
CSK 3 down and send two bowlers to the bat.
Sometimes I feel their math is not math.
-Dale Steyn (@dalestyn62) May 20, 2025
Meanwhile, both Jadeja and Ashwin failed to justify the team management call as they could not deliver with bats. Ashwin set out after scoring 13 runs from eight balls, while Jadeja scored just one run from five balls. However, five IPL winners were able to post a challenging total of 187/8 in their allotted 20 overs.
They were swinging 78/5 on the 8th before Dewald Brevis’s incredible cameo gave their innings much needed driving force. The South African youth scored 42 runs from 25 balls, while Dube also played a crucial knock of 39 runs. For the Royals in Rajasthan, Yudhvir and Akash Madhwal each picked up three wickets.
