Kumble: It wasn’t our day
Anil Kumble has agreed that it wasn’t his teams day as they lost a match against the Chennai Super Kings that saw his team bow out of the semi final of the tournament. He agreed that the conditions and the circumstances of the day had not favoured them keeping
in mind the injury of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-c52110 Steyn and some bad fielding with a dropped catch of Raina earlier in the innings when he was batting only at 18. Raina went on to score 94 runs off just 67 balls that helped Chennai ease through to the final of the tournament.
Four teams from the Indian Premier League were part of this prestigious tournament and out of them two went on to make it to the semi finals of the tournament. The veteran spin bowler agreed that their woes began after Steyn found himself injured. Even though
he caught the catch of a very important batsman for Chennai, Michael Hussey; he can devastate the opposition on his day with the best example of his performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the semi final of the world Twenty20, his injury left the Bangalore side completely
tattered.
"It was really disappointing. We were really elated to get to the semi-final and it was a good opportunity to get to the final but it was not our day," Kumble exclaimed in the post match conference. "It was just one of those stop-starts and unfortunately
things didn't work out for us."
Chennai finished with a massive score of 174 for four in a match that had already been reduced to 17 overs due to rain. However in reply Kumble and his men could only amass 123 runs even though the opener Manish Pandey scoring more than 20 runs for the side.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid could not capitalize for the side and found himself back in the dressing room sooner than anyone had anticipated.
The champions league has provided the perfect opportunity for the players to play together as a team since their three year contract with the IPL is all set to expire in April and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737 regretted that this journey could not have had a more favourable
ending with a trophy at the champions league. However he also stated that it had been a brilliant journey for all his players and he had kind words for the fans who he said had supported them throughout the tenure of their campaign. He said, that things eventually
had to come to an end. He was also happy with the way his team has performed in the last three years. It remains to be seen whether Kumble will be given an extension in his contract at IPL and fans would certainly be anticipating his return in IPL next year.
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