Irfan Pathan has become quite popular among fans for sharing analytical opinions on Twitter. But this time the former Indian all-rounder is making a noise for all the wrong reasons. Following Chennai Super Kings’ 5-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2023 final, Pathan tweeted that the rain made things easy for Chennai chasing down a mammoth 171 runs in 15 overs.
Pathan noted that the Chennai batters didn’t have to play four overs of “league’s top 3 wicket-takers” – Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami and Mohit Sharma as the second innings was reduced to 15 overs as per the DLS method. “That’s certainly played as an advantage to CSK,” Pathan added.
In a rain curtailed shortened final Yesterday CSK started batting with Shami. Rasid and Mohit losing one over each from their regular quota of 4 overs. That means league’s top 3 wicket takers were deprived of 18 balls and no wickets. That’s certainly played as an advantage to…— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 30, 2023
The explanation, however, did not go down well with Chennai fans. They showed their discontent, venting out their frustration in the comment section.
Punching holes into Irfan Pathan’s theory, a CSK fan wrote, “Nine out of ten times bowling team can easily win in this situation and that one time was yesterday for CSK.”
Can't believe you are a cricket expert. U think 171 in 15 overs at 11.40 Rpo was easy and that too against the best bowling line up?? 9 out of 10 times bowling team can easily win in this situation and that one time was yesterday for CSK. Jadeja rayudu conway r experienced…— vikas pandey (@vikaspandey6) May 30, 2023
Another fan pointed at the reduced 4-over powerplay during Chennai’s batting that helped the Gujarat unit. “The CSK openers were deprived of 12 balls to play as freely as possible. That’s certainly played as an advantage to GT,” the comment read.
powerplay reduced to 4 overs. that means csk openers were deprived of 12 balls to play as freely as possible. that's certainly played as an advantage to gt— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) May 30, 2023
Shami, Rashid and Mohit were quite expensive in the IPL final. While Shami conceded 30 runs in 3 overs, Rashid gave away 44 and Mohit ended up with a figure of 3/36. Considering the dominant show by the Chennai batters, a user commented, “The rate in which CSK were going match would have been finished by 19th over.”
Rashid khan 3over – 44Shami -3over -30Mohit sharma 3over – 36 + joshua little would have bowled 1 more over. . The rate in which csk were going match would have been finished by 19th over . .
— THALA Junior (@THALAJuni0r) May 30, 2023
A die-hard Chennai supporter shelled out a sarcastic reply to Irfan Pathan’s tweet, saying, “CSK started batting with Ruturaj and Conway losing two overs from the powerplay. That means the league’s top 2 openers were deprived of 12 balls and no runs.”
????????????????In a rain curtailed shortened final Yesterday CSK started batting with Ruturaj and Conway losing two overs from powerplay. That means league’s top 2 openers were deprived of 12 balls and no runs. Dube missed 18 balls. That’s certainly played as an advantage to GT.— Anubhav (@incognito_ffs) May 30, 2023
Here are some other reactions:
That's the reason why MS decided to bowl but he was also willing to take risk had the rain arrived late or not at all it would have been extremely difficult or next to impossible to chase that target— Rishabh (@Pun_Intended___) May 30, 2023
171 in 15 overs that too in a final is a bit easy against one of the best bowing attack by Irfan Pathan logic ????— Mr.Yadav (@MigTrader) May 31, 2023
It was already unfair advantage to gt they were playing at their home ground— Rahul (@thewon77) May 30, 2023
Batting first in the final, Gujarat Titans produced a massive 214 runs in 20 overs. The rain played a spoilsport just ahead of Chennai’s batting, forcing the second innings to get shortened to 15 overs. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway continued their red-hot form, providing Chennai with a desirable start in the powerplay. The upcoming batters built on the foundation and kept the chase going as the situation demanded.
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Following some crucial cameos by Shivam Dube, Ajinkya Rahane and Ambati Rayudu, Chennai landed in a position where they had to chase 13 runs in the final over.
With Mohit Sharma conceding just three runs off the first four deliveries, Ravindra Jadeja was yet to announce himself. The Chennai all-rounder was able to change the equation by smashing a six and a four, sailing the Men in Yellow across the victory line.
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