Poor poor decision to bowl first on this wicket. The trend has overwhelmingly been for teams to defend totals for a very long period of time in this IPL (after the anti-dew spray came into the tournament). And Ravindra Jadeja is one bloody mess with that decision to make him captain!
CSK's template of "bat steady in Powerplay; explode in middle overs" did not work today as this pitch had way more help for spinners and Ruturaj's wicket showed it! Normally thats the time when Ruturaj goes hammer tongs, and today he gave a meek catch! Did they really play according to conditions, or they just backed their template irrespective of conditions? Backing themselves to chase down anything is a lottery when conditions dont favor it. I also wondered why Dhoni bowled 5 overs of Mukesh and Simarjeet on the trot in the PP. Had he bowled Theekshana and Moeen early on, could've applied better brakes. I felt today's defeat was mostly down to Dhoni's moves
