Chandigarh, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team does not look ready this season as well. It has lost 4 out of the 5 matches played so far, while it has won one. On Tuesday, it faced Punjab Kings (PBKS), where it badly rattled the top order of the team, but after the century of young batsman Priyansh Arya, Punjab kept CSK on the backfoot by scoring 219 runs for 6 wickets on the basis of courageous innings of lower order batsmen.

Chasing the target of 220 runs, Chennai's team lost the match by 18 runs despite a good opening start. After this defeat, CSK's young captain Ruturaj Gaikwad blamed his fielders for the defeat and said that the team is suffering the consequences of dropping catches. CSK has been dropping catches continuously in the last few matches and on Tuesday, on the second ball of the match, Priyansh Arya was given a lifeline who scored a brilliant century.

Priyansh Arya, who scored the joint fourth fastest century in IPL history, scored 103 runs in 42 balls with nine sixes and seven fours. He shared a 71-run partnership in 34 balls for the sixth wicket with Shashank Singh (52 not out) when the team was in trouble after losing five wickets for 83 runs. Gaikwad said that fielding has made a difference in the last few matches. Let us tell you that CSK's team has dropped a total of 13 catches in the 5 matches played this season, which is the highest.

Gaikwad said after the match, 'This (dropping catches) is the only difference in the last four matches. It has been very important. Every time we drop a catch, the same batsman scores 20, 25 or 30 runs extra. If you leave the RCB match, it was a matter of one or two or three big shots while chasing the target in the last three matches. He said, 'Sometimes you have to appreciate the way Priyansh played. He took advantage of his opportunities. It was high-risk batting and it was very good for him. Even though we were taking wickets, he maintained the run rate. Gaikwad said that his batting was good but he gave more runs in fielding. He said, 'We could have given 10-15 runs less if we had performed well and this happens only because of dropping catches. Today was a great performance from the batting point of view. This is what we wanted. Our batsmen performed well and the powerplay was excellent. It was a better performance and there were many positive things.