<p>Chennai: A pleased Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad termed Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's quick dismissals as the turning point of their IPL opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.</p><p>Mustafizur Rahman (4/29) blew away the top-order allowing CSK to limit RCB to 173/6 on a good track.</p>.IPL 2024: CSK fire the first salvo, beat RCB by 6 wickets .<p>"We had total control right from the start," Gaikwad said at post-match presentation ceremony after CSK scripted a six wicket win.</p><p>"There were 2-3 overs here and there but once the spinners and Fizz (Mustafizur) came on, we were in control. Yes, 10-15 runs lesser would have been great but they came back well," he said.</p><p>For the CSK captain, Mustafizur sending back a rampaging Du Plessis, who had struck eight fours in his 35 and Deepak Chahar bowling an incutter to ge rid of Maxwell proved to be decisive despite 95-run stand between Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik.</p><p>"To get Maxwell and even Faf out, those quick wickets were the turning point. It helped us to control the next five-six overs. That was the main point."</p><p>Gaikwad said that he has always enjoyed captaincy and with MS Dhoni still around to guide him, it never seemed like a pressure job on day one in the office.</p><p>"I have always enjoyed it. Haven't felt the additional pressure, right from the state side. Not even a single time I felt pressurized by anything. Obviously had Mahi bhai with me."</p><p>His counterprt Du Plessis admitted they were 20 runs short.</p><p>"You have to get ahead in the first six overs. CSK squeezes you with their spinners. We lost too many wickets in the first six overs. We were 15-20 runs short on a pitch that wasn't as bad as we played in the first 10 overs.</p><p>"We were always a little bit behind trying to get ahead of the game. They were always ahead of the game," Du Plessis said.</p>
<p>Chennai: A pleased Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad termed Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's quick dismissals as the turning point of their IPL opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.</p><p>Mustafizur Rahman (4/29) blew away the top-order allowing CSK to limit RCB to 173/6 on a good track.</p>.IPL 2024: CSK fire the first salvo, beat RCB by 6 wickets .<p>"We had total control right from the start," Gaikwad said at post-match presentation ceremony after CSK scripted a six wicket win.</p><p>"There were 2-3 overs here and there but once the spinners and Fizz (Mustafizur) came on, we were in control. Yes, 10-15 runs lesser would have been great but they came back well," he said.</p><p>For the CSK captain, Mustafizur sending back a rampaging Du Plessis, who had struck eight fours in his 35 and Deepak Chahar bowling an incutter to ge rid of Maxwell proved to be decisive despite 95-run stand between Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik.</p><p>"To get Maxwell and even Faf out, those quick wickets were the turning point. It helped us to control the next five-six overs. That was the main point."</p><p>Gaikwad said that he has always enjoyed captaincy and with MS Dhoni still around to guide him, it never seemed like a pressure job on day one in the office.</p><p>"I have always enjoyed it. Haven't felt the additional pressure, right from the state side. Not even a single time I felt pressurized by anything. Obviously had Mahi bhai with me."</p><p>His counterprt Du Plessis admitted they were 20 runs short.</p><p>"You have to get ahead in the first six overs. CSK squeezes you with their spinners. We lost too many wickets in the first six overs. We were 15-20 runs short on a pitch that wasn't as bad as we played in the first 10 overs.</p><p>"We were always a little bit behind trying to get ahead of the game. They were always ahead of the game," Du Plessis said.</p>