CHENNAI SIXER KINGS: STORY OF EVOLUTION

Since 2021, Chennai has hit the most number of maximums in the Indian Premier League

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN

AT the post-match press | conference Chennai's following six-wicket win on Friday, Eric Simons kept coming back to one word when describing their batting methodology. Freedom.' This freedom has helped them create a sort of environment where players are unshackled from the fear of failure.

This sort of atmosphere has allowed players to not only embrace the best version of themselves. It has also helped them evolve as batters. Ajinkya Rahane reinventing himself as a boundary-hitter in the sport's shortest format is, for Sun instance, the best illustration of the 'freedom' Simons spoke about.

In the four Indian Premier League (IPL) editions from 2019 to 2022, Rahane had hit 15 sixes across 32 matches.