Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has said that Ruturaj Gaikwad’s captaincy in the match against the Lucknow Super Giants was ‘quite weak’, adding that not introducing spin in the powerplay worked against the Chennai Super Kings. In-form Akeal Hosein was left on the bench despite CSK having an available overseas slot in the playing XI. With Hosein out, Noor Ahmad was the only frontline spinner and still impressed, finishing as the pick of the bowlers with 0/21 in his four overs. After the pacers leaked 86 runs in the power play without a wicket, Sehwag felt CSK should have introduced spin early on, arguing that an early breakthrough could have shifted the momentum. “When two Australian batters were playing together who played pace bowling well, you could have started with spin, right? I did not understand why you decided in advance that we would bring Gurjapneet? The captaincy was quite weak; you didn’t even try to spin at all in the power play,” Sehwag said while speaking on Cricbuzz. “You could have at least tried it once because Marsh plays pace bowling so well. At least you had a chance of getting a wicket if a spinner was brought on early. It may have been that the spinner was hit for four sixes, but even the pacers were hit for four sixes,” Sehwag said. “So, that is why I think that if they had brought on a spinner in place of Gurjapneet, like Akeal Hosein, that would have been ideal. I would have actually used Noor Ahmad in the power play itself, because even if he got hit, a wicket then would have meant a lot because their middle order isn’t working at all,” Sehwag added. In the reverse fixture in Chennai, CSK did deploy Hosein during the powerplay, but the left-arm spinner went for 35 runs in his two overs, including seven fours.