Trinidad & Tobago hope for a place in the semis – Cricket News Update
Having already stunned the Chennai Super Kings with an impressive 12-run win on Sunday, the Caribbean limited overs outfit, Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), believes that they can now secure a place in the Champions League (CL) Twenty20 (T20) semi-finals.
The side’s confidence was further backed by their Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daren-Ganga-c52410, who said that the win will be used to recoup from the side’s previous two losses, but will now look to find a worthy spot on the semi-finals.
“Obviously, we were disappointed with our two losses earlier. Both were very close games which went down to the last over. And, that is the beauty of 20-20 cricket. Today (Sunday), we played magnificently to get them over the line,” Ganga said.
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Having lost a total of 8 players, the side was finally reduced by the Super Kings’ bowlers to aggregate a fair total of 123 runs.
As for the opponent’s batting response, the Chennai squad came out with a comparatively poor opening, evident to which was the side’s consistent loss of wickets as they finally tumbled 11 runs short of the tally.
The T&T skipper, Ganga, was proud that the team made a strong comeback after two successive losses.
With regard to the team’s recent match, the skipper also added, “You can say that our bowling was very good against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians, though we just did not put good total on the board. And, it is always good to get a win very early in a competition”.
However, for the preceding match against the Chennai Super Kings, Ganga said that his team had the belief as a unit and knew that it was going to be their day.
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