India, March 31 -- You know something's not right when a team scrambles its Impact Player into action after losing only three wickets, that too only 19 balls into the process of setting a target on a tricky pitch.

Granted teams batting first haven't had it safe in recent times and the pressure of breaching 200 has gone through the roof. But Chennai Super Kings also possess a fantastic winning record defending modest totals. Whatever happened to that conviction in Guwahati on Monday evening in their first game of IPL 2026?

Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad says it has taken a hit. "We could have been better in batting, taken the game deep, shown some batsmanship, maybe taken the game till 150-160," he said after their eight-wicket defeat to Rajast...