'I'll do it when it's needed': 63 runs in 5 innings, but Ruturaj Gaikwad brushes aside IPL form talk
Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said things are "coming together slowly" for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after the team recorded its second straight win, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 32 runs on Tuesday. CSK, going through a transition, came into the match after a 23-run win over Delhi Capitals and followed it up with another win to move up to eighth place in the points table. "Slowly, slowly, it is starting to come together, I feel," Gaikwad told the broadcaster after the match.
"Everyone kind of knows what their role is, which overs and what lengths to bowl at. I think they are adjusting and adapting really well according to what (the) team needs. " "As I said, slowly, slowly, we are getting better and better and that is a good sign for us," he said.
Gaikwad said the team was aiming for a score of around 220, but the total of 192/5 turned out to be enough. "We defended a good score. I felt it was a par score, given that the wicket drastically changed after the first seven or eight overs," he said.
"It started spinning a bit, it started stopping a bit. We were first looking at 220, 210, but then, we thought anything around 190, 180 would be a good score and after that, we just had to get a good power play in bowling," Gaikwad added. Gaikwad, who has been struggling for runs this season, having scored just 63 runs in five games so far, said on his form, "Well, firstly, I think, good to be on winning side after a long time.
I felt it was getting into my head even when I was batting, but after the last game, I felt a bit relaxed, I feel I'm feeling really good. Just make sure that do whatever the team needs, whatever the situation needs. And I feel even mentally, I'm feeling really well, feeling positive, and just a big, a big knock is just around the corner, but as long as the other guys are just covering up for me definitely I'll do it when it's needed.