IPL 2021: CSK batsmen Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina will play freely, says Gautam Gambhir
MS Dhoni-led CSK are placed second in the points table with 10 points in seven games (5 wins and 2 losses) while Rohit Sharma’s MI were sitting at number four in the points tally with eight points (4 wins and three defeats).
Before the suspension of the IPL 2021 midway, Mumbai and Chennai played a high scoring game, which the former won and registered the highest-ever successful run chase in the history of the tournament.
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In response to Chennai’s 218/4, Mumbai overhauled the target on the final delivery of the game and won the match by four wickets. Kieron Pollard’s 34-ball 87* guided MI to an emphatic win as the fifties from Faf du Plessis (50), Moeen Ali (58) and Ambati Rayudu (72*) went in vain for CSK.
Bot the teams looked in a rich vein of form in the tournament and seemed the top-contenders for the play-offs stage. Going into the second phase of the league, the two sides will once again bank upon their key players for a brilliant show.
Former India cricketer and two-time IPL winning captain Gautam Gambhir believes the pressure of not playing international cricket might come as a blessing in disguise for senior CSK players such as Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina and the duo will play freely in the second half of the tournament.
