Ruturaj is a fantastic player, has bright future ahead: Faf du Plessis

Chennai Super Kings batsman Faf du Plessis lauded Ruturaj Gaikwad and said he is a fantastic player who has got a bright future ahead of himOpening with Du Plessis Gaikwad played a knock of 33 of 25 balls studded with a six and four 4s The South African himself smashed 50 off 41 ballsRavindra Jadeja whacked 37 runs in the final over of CSKs innings and then came back to pick three wickets as MS Dhoniled side thrashed RCB by 69 runs The allrounder smashed 62 runs in just 28 balls with the help of five 6s and four 4s as CSK scored 191 in their allotted 20 oversIn reply RCB managed to score 1229 and suffered their first defeat of the ongoing IPLWe have got such a long batting lineup but all you need is a start in any format you play So myself and Ruturaj enjoyed the partnership we complement each other really well Hes a fantastic player he has got a bright future ahead of him Times the ball so beautifully Du Plessis said in the virtual postmatch press conferenceIt was really good Obviously Jaddu Ravindra Jadeja has been playing very well this season His batting has improved a lot He has become a very consistent performer with the bat for us What happened in the last over was no fluke Jaddu trains well He hits a lot of sixes in practice It was a huge momentum shift Up until that point it was a par score We were on 160165 but the great hitting towards the end made it probably a bit too much for the opposition on a slow wicket he addedA threefor a wicketmaiden and a direct hit with the ball aided by Tahirs tight bowling helped CSK move to the top of the points table as they toppled RCB on SundayJadeja dismissed Sundar Maxwell de Villiers and ran Christian out as RCB was left gasping for breath Imran Tahir too joined the party picking two wickets and resulting in a run out as RCB suffered a horrific collapseI have always thought playing against Jaddu that hes is the most dangerous fielder When South Africa play against India we always talk about being careful when running twos to Jadeja on the boundary because he has got an absolute cannon of an arm He is diving around he is stopping the balls He is really leading from the front in that department To be so accurate in the 30yard circle is a great skill to have Not a lot of people can hit the stumps as consistently as he does Hes really enjoying his cricket at the moment When a guy is oozing confidence like that it is a great asset to have in your team Du Plessis saidWhen asked about his scoop shot he said Its scoop the shot I really enjoy playing I do practice it and I feel like I need a lot of balls into that area Obviously teams are smart and move around with it But its important to me that my game plan evolves so that I can score in different areas not just rely on one optionFor me my focus now moves onto the T20 cricket I have decided to play as much T20 cricket as possible Trying to play in few tournaments around the world The 2023 ODI World Cup is a long way and obviously two years in a row of T20 cricket I wanna make sure that I give myself the best opportunity For now IPL is the focus he addedCSK registered their fourth successive win and will now take on SunRisers Hyderabad in Delhi on WednesdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever