Nagpur: Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist was a happy man once more after their win against Chennai Super Kings. Here's more from his interaction with the media.
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On the feeling after winning two games on the trot: It was better than what we were two games ago. Obviously, we’re still in the mix now and we are improving our performances. I wouldn’t say we are playing our best cricket yet, but if we can secure some wins when we are not playing at our total best, that’s a good sign. It augurs well for when we do produce our best cricket.
On the turning point of the match: I am not sure if there was one key moment in the game, in games like this [it] feels like every over that you are bowling is a big moment. But Harmeet (Singh) was terrific, [I] really thought he bowled with great control and he did not allow their batsmen any freedom to really play too aggressively against him - his changes of pace, his slower balls, then he went with a bit more pace on the ball with well positioned yorkers, [but] the whole bowling group, I thought, did a terrific job. We still can sharpen up a bit in the field a little bit, we are still putting [down] chances that could be costly chances. But we will keep working on that. So I don’t know of any one moment in the game that changed it, but it was a good collective effort with the ball.
On CSK missing a trick by not playing Muttiah Muralidaran: Murali would’ve been extremely difficult to play on that wicket, no doubt about that. But, that said, Murali in general is very difficult to play in any condition. I was a bit surprised not to see his name on the team sheet.
On three teams being on 10 points each: Viewing it from our position, nothing really changes for us tonight, we [have] got to keep winning. I wouldn’t think that 14 points is going to be quite enough so that means [in] three games we need six more points and obviously we are playing against two of the teams that are in and around that area so, as I said, nothing much changes for us. It’s fantastic to have a win and we feel good and we can keep moving forward but we [have] just got to keep winning.
On Monish Mishra’s dropped chance: The sun was in a difficult position and we all have slip-ups and make little errors in judgment whether it’s a high ball or a shot that we play, we all have little errors in judgment, and he just did not quite judge it right. But there is no doubt that the sun was an issue there for him.
On Tirumalasetti Suman’s knock: Another very mature innings by him. He was quite ill today, he played the game having quite a bit of gastro, being physically ill just prior to the game, so he wasn’t of hundred percent health. So given the conditions it’s even more creditable that he went out there and took it on and played with such maturity. It was a sign of great character of the young player so we are obviously very happy with him.
On Andrew Symonds’s innings being a little subdued: Symmo, prior to the game, two games ago he was saying that he just felt like he wanted to add a bit more to the group. He adds so much to the group, his bowling was fantastic, he’s brilliant in the field, and he’s contributed with the bat. None of us have gone on for a really big score, maybe other than Suman last week, two games ago getting a 70-odd. As long as everyone is chipping in when it’s needed and it’s time, last couple of games we have started to do that a lot better than the middle period of the tournament. [At the] start of the tournament again no one really shone up, but we did enough as a team to get by so, as I said right at the start, we had not played our best cricket. But we are doing enough to get these wins again and I feel like we are improving.
On the match against RCB in two days: We have learnt a lot in the two games that we have played here (Nagpur) about this ground. And that, I think, has been difficult for us to not have a home ground to go to. People would say that your home record is not so great, but that was two years go with a different set-up, a different group of players, a different mindset. We have made some fundamental changes since then so that has been difficult not to have that knowledge of the ground and the ability to tailor it a little bit and I think all teams tailor their ground a little bit to their strengths and it makes sense too. That’s what home and away is about. So we have gained great knowledge in the two games here and we will try and use that to our benefit on Monday.
On the chase getting too close for comfort: No, I think, again, for us we just had to get the two points and if we continue to do that in three games I think net run-rate might come in though. I don’t think net run-rate is going to be of such a crucial value to us so we have just got to win. We will see, who knows what results will come, but as we stand at the moment it’s just two points or don’t worry about turning up.
On him getting starts but not carrying on: [Laughs] I can’t get out of here without a question about my form or results! I guess.... just one of those tonights that a tiny little edge that can happen but obviously I would love to be getting that big score. Have made plenty of starts, plenty of 20s and 30s but I am not going to be worried about that. There is no use worrying, I will just come back have a practice tomorrow and front up again for another go and, as I say, 30 in Twenty20 can sometimes be fantastic if it’s off 10 balls and it’s at the right situation and other times it is not good enough so, yeah, I would love to be contributing a bit more and I will keep striving for that.
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