By the time CSK retired, it was too late. Devon Conway: Piyush Chawla

In New Chandigarh, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) suffered their fourth consecutive defeat at the hands of Punjab Kings (PBKS). Devon Conway was the second batter of the season and the first CSK player to ever be retired out. Piyush Chawla, an IPL champion and former CSK player, questioned the team’s choice.

The Yellow Brigade put on yet another lacklustre display on Tuesday, losing by 18 runs to the PBKS team, who were playing well under Shreyas Iyer. Devon Conway, who was having trouble getting the big strokes off in the match, ought to have been pulled out earlier in the contest, according to Chawla, who was not impressed with the decision. The Kiwi stumper-batter appeared to be attempting to take the game deep, which ultimately increased the needed run-rate, according to the Aligarh native, who also critiqued his strategy during the match.

Devon Conway doesn’t try to play that [many shots] in the air; instead, he is a more technically proficient batter.

According to ESPNcricinfo, Chawla stated, “You saw that in the middle overs as well, when he was trying to hit a pull shot also, he was rolling his wrists like a proper technical batsman.”

They failed to see the point there. Conway didn’t even attempt that when Shivam [Dube] was attempting to make those big shots. He seemed to want to delve deeply at one point. However, the former leg spinner noted, “you don’t want your [asking] rate to get out of control if you want to take the game deep.”

They could have done that at least two or three overs earlier if they had wanted to, as you want someone to come in and give that sort of sighter at least two or three balls before going for it if he isn’t getting those big shots. I felt it was too late by the time they retired him out,” Chawla said.