“As a batting unit, your 16th over is like when you start going for it [entering the death overs], and then your 20th, obviously, you’re throwing everything at it,” Rayudu said on ESPNcricinfo’s TimeOut show after CSK’s 103-run win. “As a young boy, that’s two very, very tough overs.”

“Don’t ask me why. It’s just something that happens in the changing room. You know, you come in deflated if you’ve got an over that’s gone for 15-plus. And in the back end, obviously, you want to try and get a wicket before that last over. So it was interesting [that Bhagat bowled the last over].”

“We saw [AM] Ghazanfar] was impressive in the powerplay [six runs in one over]. He was a good match-up [against Sanju Samson]. Or even Mitch Santner to bowl the second over [1 for 9],” McClenaghan said. “And then also, once you’ve taken a wicket in those first couple of overs, bringing [Jasprit] Bumrah back again, when you know the middle to lower order of CSK is short [of runs], to try and get one more wicket in the powerplay with Bumrah attacking would have been a good option as well [Bumrah gave 19 runs in two powerplay overs].

“But sometimes that happens. Particularly, when that’s the first time you are in that situation. And also a young boy.”

Sherfane Rutherford vs Tilak Varma

“Sherfane at five, I think is a great option,” McClenaghan said. “Because we know he can hit at the end. But he hits at the end once he is set. And we saw that in other tournaments as well.”

As it transpired, Tilak scored 37 in 29 balls and Rutherford fell for a first-ball duck.

“If you have seen his 8 [from three balls, against Punjab Kings], when Rutherford got bowled by Arshdeep [Singh], Tilak was prepared to hit in areas that he knows that the bowlers are going to bowl at. He is a brilliant batsman at six and seven. He knows what’s going on.

“Stick to Rutherford [at No. 5]. Because Rutherford needs a few balls. And then he can be explosive. But Tilak does not need those balls to be explosive. In that middle phase, I think Tilak is getting a little confused, as to, you know, do I build an innings now? Do I really take the bowlers on? He doesn’t really have that clarity. But when he is batting in those five or six overs, he has complete clarity of how to go about it.”