Mullanpur, April 9 -- Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming was scathing while assessing the fielding effort from his side and hopeful following an improved batting display against Punjab Kings on Tuesday night as they slumped to their fourth defeat on the trot in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

The Super Kings were tilting at windmills in the field, fluffing up match-defining opportunities. CSK's tragic story of dropped chances continued, and two of those allowed Priyansh Arya to break the shackles and wallop to a 39-ball century.

Khaleel Ahmed was guilty of being caught and bowled in the very first over on a score of six, while Mukesh Choudhary floored it at long-off in the 12th off Ravichandran Ashwin when Arya...