Sai Kishore has burdened on the necessity for his gamers get higher.
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Tamil Nadu skipper R. Sai Kishore minced no phrases when saying that the workforce wants to enhance its performances in away circumstances after crashing out of the Ranji Trophy with a humiliating 198-run defeat to Vidarbha within the quarterfinals right here on Tuesday.
“It’s a disappointing loss, and there’s a clear sample in our defeats within the final two years: enjoying in seaming circumstances away from dwelling,” mentioned Sai Kishore. “The opponents are out-bowling us and batting higher in these circumstances, and we have to get higher.”
Elaborating on what must be accomplished to handle this recurring downside, the 28-year-old mentioned, “There are two issues: method and mindset. We have to kind the mindset first on methods to rating runs in such circumstances.”
“As soon as we determine the very best methodology for the circumstances, the method will observe, however that hasn’t occurred. As gamers, we should study and return strongly,” he added.
Talking about the place the workforce misplaced the match, Sai pinpointed the 128-run lead conceded within the first-innings. “We did properly to limit them to 353; had we scored a bit extra, issues would have been completely different.”
In the meantime, head coach L. Balaji mentioned that though the workforce was upset and harm by the loss, there have been positives to take ahead. “We did not seize the important thing moments on this recreation, however it is a younger workforce and can get higher,” mentioned the previous India pacer.
“Children like Mohamed Ali and Andre Siddarth confirmed their potential. After a very long time, we reached the knockouts in consecutive years. As we begin qualifying extra often, we are going to get higher. That’s when the gamers will know methods to deal with the stress and method a five-day recreation.”
“Sure, acknowledge our shortcomings and work on them, however on the identical time, we must be affected person and have religion,” Balaji added.
Printed – February 11, 2025 09:58 pm IST
