Intensity was more in this year’s tournament, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daren-Ganga-c52410 – Cricket News Update
Trinidad & Tobago skipper, Daren Ganga, feels that the Champions League this season had a lot more intensity as compared with the inaugural event in 2009.
The Caribbean outfit reached to the finals of that event with some scintillating performances, but eventually lost to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 by 41 runs.
They could not qualify for the second year but made an excellent return to the league this year, outperforming the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 and Ruhuna to qualify for the group stages. Despite impressing showings, they were narrowly beaten in their opening
two matches with both encounters going down to the wire.
However, the heartbreak losses did not affect the morale of the side, and under their inspirational skipper, the team managed to re-group and staged a comeback in the event by winning their final two games, which gave them a realistic chance of making it
to the semi-finals.
After their win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379, to the riches of the Indian Premier League
franchises.
“This year we found the intensity and [the quality of] the opposition teams to be a lot higher than what we experienced in 2009. Our group - Group A - was sort of tagged the 'Group of Death',” said Ganga.
“We came here without our two biggest players and a lot of people didn't give us a chance. I've said it time and time again, this is a team - and not about an individual or two or three individuals. This is about the Trinidad & Tobago team that plays together.
We work hard as a team and we go out there and set ourselves goals,” added the skipper.
Despite making a comeback in the competition, the team was eventually knocked out as Chennai Super Kings failed to beat New South Wales in the other match which was played in the evening.
However, they must take a lot of pride back home and in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kevon-Cooper-c71194, the side has found another star all-rounder in the making.
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