The Chennai Super Kings have been off to a powerful start in the powerplay as Ruturaj Gaikwad and Urvil Patel have turned on the heat. They lost Sanju Samson early in the innings and they were pushed onto the backfoot. But, the CSK skipper stepped up his game and got off the mark with some cracking boundaries. Trent Boult was hit for plenty of runs in his second over and Krish Bhagat was greeted into the attack by Urvil Patel. It has been exactly the start that the home side were searching as the target is just 160 and they don’t need to bat out of the ordinary.

Jasprit Bumrah had produced the breakthrough for the Mumbai Indians with some phenomenal bowling in the 1st over. Sanju Samson was given a life in the first ball of the second ball as Will Jacks dropped an absolute sitter at first slip. He scored a boundary in reply but Bumrah prevailed in the battle as he got Samson to edge the ball straight to Ryan Rickelton. Allah Ghazanfar has got the wicket of Urvil Patel and this could potentially be the wicket they were searching for.

Fans praise skipper Gaikwad’s aggressive intent along with Urvil Patel early on

The viewers on X applauded the intent from the CSK skipper, Ruturaj Gaikwad early on in the innings. Despite the early wicket of Sanju Samson, they haven’t stopped themselves from scoring as Urvil Patel did a good job to utilize the power play. Here are some of the reactions on X:

The Chennai Super Kings are currently at 85/2 after the 9 overs and it is fair to say that the home side has a comfortable chase in their hands.