IPL 2023, May 18 : For a long time, Chennai Super Kings' batting approach was about batting long and deep in the IPL, with a big knock leading the way. But in some of their matches of IPL 2023, they have been well-served by the art of short, sharp cameos propelling them to breach the 200+ mark or reaching a match-winning total.

Against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai had Devon Conway and Shivam Dube making fifties at a strike-rate above 180. They were also helped by Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu and Moeen Ali striking above 180 in their cameos to take Chennai to 226/6, which was enough for a win at Chinnaswamy Stadium.

In their home match against Delhi Capitals, none of the Chennai batters reached 30 runs, but were aided by small bursts of 20s from six batters to get a win in their pocket. This trend is not limited to Chennai alone - Punjab Kings chased down 201 against them with multiple cameos while Mumbai Indians chased down 213 against Rajasthan Royals, thanks to Suryakumar Yadav's 55, followed by short yet sharp knocks from Tim David, Cameron Green and Tilak Varma.  Former India cricketer Robin Uthappa believes batters scoring impactful cameos rather than batting deep has been influenced by the impact player rule, though he expressed his worry over this trend reducing the role of all-rounders in T20s.