Fleming unhappy with Chennai batsmen - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Paul-Fleming-c91190, the head coach of Indian Premier League Franchise Chennai Super Kings, on Sunday expressed disappointment over his side’s nine-run defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians and squarely blamed his batsmen for the defeat as they failed to chase
down a gettable 149-run target.
After having restricted the Mumbai Indian to a middling total of 148 for 6, MS Dhoni led Super Kings were expected to win the match quite comfortably. But the tourists bowled really well in the second innings, taking wickets at regular intervals. Still the
hosts looked on their way to a victory, before Munaf Patel removed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 on 51 in the final over, to make sure the home side missed out by nine runs. Dhoni’s 26-ball 51 was the only telling story of Chennai’s innings. The rest of team fell for scores inside
20, as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987 led Mumbai bowling attack restricted them to 139 for 9 in their allotted quota of 20 overs.
While speaking to media reporters after the match, Fleming said that the pitch was fine and the score was very much achievable, but their below par batting that cost them the game.
"The pitch was fine. The score was achievable and at half time we were pretty comfortable. I must say the batting was below standard, considering the experience in our line-up," Fleming said after the nine-run defeat.
"Some of the dismissals were truly out of character. It is not acceptable. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 bowled well and they did enough to put pressure on us. We do not like to see our batsmen out of character,” he added further.
Fleming further said that he was really disappointed by the nature of his batsmen’s dismissal. However, he hoped to do well in the upcoming games.
"It is not about harsh words. It is a reality check. To be honest, I am not a coach to blow things up but I was disappointed with the nature of our dismissals. We did not deserve to win this game.
"We are hoping we will perform better in the next games. Early in the competition, you need to be better in chasing and somewhere the nature of the loss is a reality check for us.
"With three days to go for our next match, our players will back themselves to make things right."
Chennai Super Kings will next play Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 at Mohali on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
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