Chennai: Kings XI Punjab coach Tom Moody was calm and collected in his reactions to his team’s famous win over Chennai Super Kings.
Excerpts:
On how the side lifted themselves after losing three games
Look, the most difficult thing is obviously momentum. In this form of the game, you need to get momentum which gives you confidence to play with a free spirit. The most successful players in the format are the players who play without the fear of failure. And when you have had a couple of setbacks as a team, you know it is a battle to recapture that momentum and that fear of failure. Tonight's win is a significant win for Kings XI Punjab because they have climbed that hill of fear and hopefully they won't look back from this point.
On the bowling
We have been inconsistent with bat and ball. And that's one of the reasons we've dropped three games. It was good as Kumar [Sangakkara] said we adjusted well and adapted to the conditions here. We knew that the conditions were probably going to favour spin. With Chennai having four left-handers in their top six, we felt it was important to bring back Powar into our line-up and he bowled very well. [Juan] Theron, to do what he did, given he only landed 12 hours [earlier] … not quite 12 ... but not so long ago, it was a credit to him. We have hopefully got players coming back into the side, coming back into the contention, once they get past some fitness hurdles. So hopefully we go from strength to strength.
On Shaun Marsh joining the squad
Yeah! Shaun's arrived in India. We will be seeing him tomorrow. He is in Chandigarh now. So he is ready to go - fit. But again he, like all the other players that currently aren't in the XI, will have to find their way back into the side. It’s not going to be an [easy] walk back into the side. Shaun's form two years ago was awesome. But that was two years ago and we hope when he gets his opportunity, whether it’s Wednesday or whenever, he recaptures that form.
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