A horrifying start for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the first match of the ongoing IPL 2026 season. They lost back-to-back top-order batters inside the power play. After losing the wicket of Sanju Samson, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also followed the same. Gaikwad lost his scalp only for 6 runs in 11 balls.
CSK found themselves in a slum soon after the match started at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. England star pacer Jofra Archer bowled Ruturaj Gaikwad. The pacer uprooted the middle stump of the batter.
Jofra Archer uprooted the middle stump of Ruturaj Gaikwad
On the last delivery of the third over of the first innings, Archer delivered a full and straight delivery on the line of the stumps, which Ruturaj Gaikwad failed to connect. The right-handed batter tried to go big but missed the ball massively and saw a dismantling middle-stump.
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