Interestingly, both these cap winners were from the Rajasthan Royals, a rejoicing factor indeed for the runners-up. Finally, the champions are here so is the end of the IPL 2022.
Remembering the late legendary cricketer and former Rajasthan skipper Shane Warne, Buttler said, "Shane Warne is such an influential figure for the Rajasthan Royals."
Responding to the defeat, KL Rahul said, "I think its quite obvious - the reasons why we didn't win. We let ourselves down in the field. Dropping easy catches never helps."
The Playoffs had begun in style at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. Being the top two teams in the points table, Gujarat and Rajasthan had locked horns in Qualifier 1.
For his splendid performance in bat and ball, Chennai's son of soil Ravichandra Ashwin was conferred with the Man of the Match award as he took his team Royals to the victory.
Though they are still at the bottom of the table, MI had a respite by defeating the CSK and paying the latter back for their defeat in the previous match.
The talented New Zealander has been making the team think that why it has missed him during the initial phase of the series when CSK's batting line-up was suffering.
After Dhoni's dismissal, the hopes of the CSK got shattered. Punjab Kings won the game by 11 runs and it is almost the end of the road for the CSK this year.
Commenting about the catches that he dropped, Jadeja said, "It happens, that's why I never take fielding for granted and practice hard. We need to work on our feeling, can't afford to drop catches."
