Despite his struggles so far in the tournament, Kedar Jadhav was once again sent ahead of big hitters Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo that proved costly for Chennai Super Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday.
The India batsman could only manage seven runs off 12 balls as he failed to get the big shots going.
Reasoning
When asked about the thinking behind this, CSK coach Stephen Fleming said, “we were hoping that Kedar could play the off-spinner (Sunil Narine) well and also Jadeja to come and finish.”
The team has often been found wanting in terms of using its batting resources smartly with the big-hitters coming too late.
“We have got so much batting resources. We could have gone a whole lot of different ways. That is one of the things we will look at, could we have done it a little bit better... but it is all in hindsight,” he added.
The former New Zealand skipper also added that one of the set batsmen should have seen the chase through.
“If we had got one of the batsmen to get 75-plus and continued the partnership for five more overs, then the game might have been a lot different.
“We are disappointed that we let it slip,” Fleming said.
