Gill scored 104 runs with nine fours and six sixes at a strike rate of 189.09, which is his fourth IPL century in Ahmedabad. On the other hand, after Wriddhiman Saha was out due to injury, Sudarshan opened the scoring and scored 103 runs with five fours and seven sixes at a strike rate of 201.96, which is his first IPL century.
There was a 210-run opening partnership between Gill and Sudarshan, which was helped by Quinton de Kock and K.L. Equals the record for the highest opening partnership. Rahul, who added 210 runs for the first wicket against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022.
"It was a good attack and the batting was of the highest calibre," Fleming said in the post-match press conference.From the first over he disrupted our plans. We couldn't control anything until the later stages."
"We didn't perform as well as we could have, but the second half was brilliant batting from two very good players. Last year in the final, he (Sai Sudarshan) played beautifully, he scored 96. I have watched him closely , He has good connections in the Chennai area.He is an amazing player and today he proved that."
Gill brought up his half-century in just 25 balls by hitting a six off Simarjeet Singh and then hit a strong bottom-handed four off the fast bowler for 23 runs in the 11th over, where Sudarshan also hit him for consecutive sixes. And to CSK's chagrin, Gill was dropped by long-off on 72, who smashed the ball across the boundary for six runs in the 14th over.
“We were a bit worried about the absence of some players. The players who played today had performed really well in the last game, so the confidence was high."Sometimes you do all the right things but good batting can take the pressure off you. It was some high caliber hitting, just the pressure of that attack loosened us up a bit," he said.
"The fielding has been really good, you can't just look at one game. We were under pressure today. Both bowling and fielding can often be on the back foot under pressure.Today, we probably fell a little behind mentally."
There was a 210-run opening partnership between Gill and Sudarshan, which was helped by Quinton de Kock and K.L. Equals the record for the highest opening partnership. Rahul, who added 210 runs for the first wicket against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022.
"It was a good attack and the batting was of the highest calibre," Fleming said in the post-match press conference.From the first over he disrupted our plans. We couldn't control anything until the later stages."
"We didn't perform as well as we could have, but the second half was brilliant batting from two very good players. Last year in the final, he (Sai Sudarshan) played beautifully, he scored 96. I have watched him closely , He has good connections in the Chennai area.He is an amazing player and today he proved that."
Gill brought up his half-century in just 25 balls by hitting a six off Simarjeet Singh and then hit a strong bottom-handed four off the fast bowler for 23 runs in the 11th over, where Sudarshan also hit him for consecutive sixes. And to CSK's chagrin, Gill was dropped by long-off on 72, who smashed the ball across the boundary for six runs in the 14th over.
“We were a bit worried about the absence of some players. The players who played today had performed really well in the last game, so the confidence was high."Sometimes you do all the right things but good batting can take the pressure off you. It was some high caliber hitting, just the pressure of that attack loosened us up a bit," he said.
"The fielding has been really good, you can't just look at one game. We were under pressure today. Both bowling and fielding can often be on the back foot under pressure.Today, we probably fell a little behind mentally."
