Pune Warriors coach Geoff Marsh expresses disappointment over team’s batting - IPL news
Pune Warriors coach, Geoff Marsh on Wednesday blamed the team’s poor batting performance as the side lost its fourth successive game in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) today.
"I'm terribly disappointed with our batting on a good wicket,” said the dejected Marsh while talking to the media reporters after his team’s 8-wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820."
He further added, “Our batsmen are not putting up enough total for our bowlers to defend. We were 20-30 runs short on a wicket where 160-170 was the par score."
After choosing to bat first, the Pune side was able to post an mediocre total of 141 runs from their allotted quota of 20 overs, thanks to skipper Yuvraj Singh’s unbeaten 62 of just 43 balls including four lofty sixes and three muscular
fours.
In reply, Dhoni and his men chased down the target in the last over at the loss of just two wickets. This was Pune’s second defeat to the defending champions, Chennai Super Kings.
Marsh said that they failed to get good starts in the ongoing tournament and the situation was further complicated by injuries to some key players.
“We are not getting the starts. We have got injuries to some key players but at the end of the day we have enough good players to do well," said the coach. "We lost four wickets in the last three games within the first six overs. It's an
area we need to improve on. We have to address that," he added further.
The stylish http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Nehra-c46293, are the major injuries that the debutant franchise suffered. Though Smith is back in the team after recovering from the injury, Nehra is yet to make an appearance
in the IPL-4 after undergoing surgery on his broken finger. The absence of promising http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 all-rounder, Angelo Mathews, also hurt the balance of the team.
With two wins from six games, Pune lie at the bottom of the points table just above http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils. However, Marsh was still hopeful of making it to the next round of the tournament.
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