Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis were the openers for CSK in eleven out of sixteen matches played so far. Watson and Faf had managed to get 50+ partnership only twice while 7 times their partnership ended for 20 or less than 20 runs. CSK had not enjoyed batting in Power play this year as they have the lowest run rate in the powerplay. Watson and Faf have played 46.4 overs (280 balls) and scored 312 runs with a run rate of less than 7. In this season, the longest partnership (62 runs in 10.2 overs) between them was against Delhi Capitals yesterday.
It is very obvious that their team management including their skipper is very disappointed with their openers. Dhoni said the following while expressing his thoughts,
Man of the match of yesterday’s game, Faf du Plessis told in his post-match interview,
Faf’s opening partner Watson thanked him and said,
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