Stephen Fleming’s contract as coach with CSK extends for next three years - IPL
Chennai Super Kings’ two consecutive victories in the Indian Premier League (IPL) have resulted in an extension in Stephen Fleming’s coaching career with the team for the next three years.
Recently, CSK, under the leadership of World Cup winning captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, has earned their second successive IPL title on Saturday, May 28th, against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Displaying a strong batting performance, CSK set a huge target of 206 runs for the loss of five wickets.
CSK’s openers, Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay, displayed a brilliant partnership of 159 runs, which played a significant role in the team’s 58-run win over RCB.
In response, RCB took an unimpressive batting start and could just score 147 runs at a loss of eight wickets.
The win proved CSK’s coach, Stephen Fleming’s, great skills and hard work. Fleming not only sharpened his players’ talent, but also prepared them mentally for victories.
Earlier in the first season of IPL, he was bought by Chennai as an opener for $350,000.
During the first edition of the league, the left-handed batsman played 11 innings in place of opener, Matthew Hayden.
In the 2009 edition, he quit his batting job and started serving as a coach, successfully steering CSK to the semifinal stage of the league.
Stephen led a brilliant career as a player while representing New Zealand, as he is the highest capped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 Test captain, leading his side in 80 matches.
The Kiwi has played 111 matches, scoring a record 7172 runs.
As a captain, he led his side to 28 Test victories against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045. His highest Test score is 274, which is the highest by any New Zealander so far. Moreover, the player has hit nine Test centuries and 46 fifties
In addition, Fleming is the most capped ODI captain with 218 appearances, of which 98 resulted in wins.
On the whole, he played 269 ODI innings, scoring 8037 runs at an average of 32.40 with eight centuries and 49 fifties.
Fleming also has a record of grabbing the highest number of catches in Tests (171) and ODIs (132) among New Zealand players.
Having signed the contract with CSK for the coming three years, Fleming will now face great challenges ahead in the next editions of the IPL.
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