IPL 2025: Stephen Fleming, the head coach of the Chennai Super Kings, denied that his team’s cricketing style is outdated. He asserted that no one should underestimate the Chennai team because of their high level of aggression. The former New Zealand captain said, “What does it mean, what is my style of cricket?” when asked if his playing days were finished. The proper course of action is to win the first match. There is a great deal of hostility in us. I didn’t comprehend this query.
Costly Errors Undermine Hard Work: Fleming
“Just because we don’t hit from the first ball,” he remarked. In the end, we shall see. We are not to be taken lightly, and we play positive cricket. That’s a dumb question. However, Fleming acknowledged that his team’s fielding performance in Friday’s game was poor. “We missed two or three opportunities he remarked. We allowed them to exert pressure. Although we made fielding errors, a score of 175 would have been appropriate. Josh Hazlewood was an outstanding bowler for the RCB. Mahendra Singh Dhoni shattered Suresh Raina’s record of most runs scored for Chennai in IPL history with an undefeated 30 runs in 16 balls.
He has been working hard on his fitness with the trainer for the past month. Fleming said. But when he batted, winning got extremely challenging.
IPL 2025: CSK lost to RCB
At its bastion Chepauk, Royal Challengers Bangalore overcame Chennai Super Kings after 17 years with to captain Rajat Patidar’s half-century and the bowlers’ disciplined play. RCB prevailed by 50 runs. The five-time champion Chennai Super Kings could only muster 146 runs for eight wickets in response to RCB’s 196 runs for seven wickets. This was RCB’s first victory over Chennai at Chepauk since the 2008 IPL season.
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