As the Chennai Super Kings lost a closely fought contest against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 27 of the Indian Premier League 2026, a bunch of fans hit Matthew Short‘s comment section on his official Instagram handle, blaming the Australian cricketer for the loss, as he played a knock of 34 off 30 deliveries and also gave 38 runs in only three overs that he bowled.
A group of CSK faithful flooded the Instagram handle of Short with comments, claiming that his sluggish knock and a poor spell were eventually the primary reason behind their loss against SRH, as CSK fell short by 10 runs in their pursuit of the 195-run target set by the hosts at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. The frustration shown by fans does not land in good taste, as there were multiple reasons why CSK lost.
CSK FANS ARE ABUSING MATT SHORT IN INSTAGRAM COMMENTS.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE CROSSED EVERY LIMIT OF LOWLINESS. pic.twitter.com/iUTXapRrAz— 𝚅𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚗¹⁸ (@varunx18) April 19, 2026
We needed only 80 runs off the last ten overs: CSK skipper Gaikwad
Reflecting on the loss, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said that losing a game from the situation they were in was probably something that they would need to study. Despite a good effort by his bowlers, Gaikwad believes that failing to chase a target under 200 on a batting-friendly pitch at Hyderabad was indeed a disappointing result for the five-time champions.
“Looking at how their powerplay went, I was looking at 220-230. To pull it back by 30, I would have taken it any day under 200. It was just about 80 runs needed in 10 overs in the chase. From there it was just about building a couple of partnerships. We scored just four runs in the next two overs after the 10-over mark. Chasing 12-13 at the death is going to be difficult,” the CSK skipper said.
“It’s been three successive games that the bowling unit has been doing really well. Even in the powerplay today, I thought Abhishek played brilliantly. I think everyone did a good job with the ball. Anshul is working really hard on his bowling, especially the death bowling. Very rarely you get bowlers who have clarity and tell the captain, ‘I know what to do; this is what I am going to do,'” Gaikwad concluded.
