Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming says a change in perspective introduced with it a change of fortunes for his franchise, which endured a forgettable IPL final 12 months, and its focus this season has been on taking part in a sooner model of cricket.
CSK have been on a roll this 12 months shedding only one match out of its six up to now, which has taken them to the highest of the factors desk. Their fifth consecutive triumph got here final night time in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
“It was tough in the UAE (the last IPL’s venue). We had a pretty bad run. A lot of things went against us, which we didn’t make too much of at the time,” Fleming stated.
“We made some changes around our attitude towards what we were doing, and then we were really sure what style we wanted to play going into this year’s IPL,” he added.
“We needed to play a faster game, we needed to keep evolving if we were not in Chennai. And that’s what we are trying to do; we are not the finished product by any means, but we’re playing well at the moment.”
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Fleming stated the final season had its share of classes for the franchise, which did not make the playoffs for the primary time for the reason that league’s inception.
“…in the off season we just looked at players that could fit in and do a job – not just in Chennai but in conditions that were still a bit foreign. The attitude change as well,” he identified.
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Fleming lavished reward on all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who got here into the IPL after lacking months of cricket following an harm in Australia, and stated he was near attaining peak of his powers.
“We don’t have a leadership group. He is a key member of the side. He is without doubt close to the peak of his powers. He’s still working very hard,” he added.
“Our doubts were around his lack of cricket coming into the tournament, so we had to work really hard to get him up to speed. He did that through hitting a lot of balls and training very hard and he got up to speed really quickly,” Fleming revealed.
The CSK coach described Jadeja as probably the most versatile gamers on this planet.
“We’re lucky to have him right now in his prime and he forms the core of the middle-order and allows a lot of options within the team with his skill-set,” Fleming added.
The CSK coach stated Ruturaj Gaikwad has come up as a nice Indian expertise and established himself.
“We have rated him (Ruturaj) highly for a long time. One of the setbacks he was having with COVID last year created a little bit of delay in introducing him at the right spot.
“But now, he is there and has established himself. He is a fine Indian talent. We are really excited about having him and what he is doing for us.”
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