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We are disappointed that we let it slip: Stephen Fleming | CSK head coach Stephen Fleming said CSK should have beaten KKR
Chennai Super Kings lost yet another match even after restricting the Kolkata Knight Riders to 167 all-out. Though the bowlers showed character, the batting failed to prove its worth it when they came out in the second innings. In the post-match presentation, captain MS Dhoni pointed out that the middle order kind of failed to perform which lead to the loss by 10 runs.
“The performances like today, with the experience we’ve got, we should put it away. Ideally, you want one batsman to bat through. If you give an opening to an IPL team, they’ve got quality players to take it. Today with Narine holding overs back, it made it very difficult in the end. You are looking at players going on and making 75 or more and continue that partnership for five more overs, the game would have been a lot more different. KKR hung in there and put pressure on us. We couldn’t accelerate in the end. We are disappointed that we let it slip”, said CSK head coach Stephen Fleming.
At the start of the match, even though the pitch was getting slower and slower, CSK looked convincing at 90/1 with both Watson and Rayudu accelerating with boundaries in almost every over. But after the dismissal of Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav yet again disappointed the fans as well as the team. When Jadhav came to bat CSK needed 39 runs in 21 balls and then he went on scoring 7 in 12 balls.
“We’ve got a lot of batsmen so the balance is good with six bowlers. Bravo is batting at No. 8 and we are struggling to use him so we don’t think an extra batsman is going to help. Sam Curran was also very good. Our challenge is that our two allrounders are going very well, Watson and Faf are doing well, so it’s very hard to fit in an international bowler in that group. We are relying heaving on our Indian bowlers. We’ve got a pretty good balance”, he said.
CSK still needs to win six matches in next eight to qualify for the playoffs. They will face Royal Challengers Bangalore on October 10.
Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.
