00:00What did I learn? I learned that possibly we need to make bigger partnerships when we're batting.
00:06I think we left some runs out there tonight and that was for us probably the biggest lesson.
00:11Always nice to see some of the youngsters as well, their first time in the IPL
00:16getting an opportunity and it's nice to see them in a big game what they can do as well. So
00:20lots of learnings, pity we were on the wrong side of the result but
00:24I think there's quite a few positives as well that we can take especially early on in the competition.
00:30Your top partner is an excellent player. You're doing around 8 or worse compared to
00:38around 9 or 10 minutes. But in the bowling set, do you have any doubt that the bowling is going to be easy?
00:46Yeah, look I mean the way that the bowling is set up because of injuries that we've got is
00:52always going to be on an evening like tonight is mix and match. Just going with someone who's
00:57got a bit of momentum trying to break their momentum as much as possible. It was always
01:02going to be spin heavy this evening as well unfortunately. We had to bowl last as well but
01:08it's not about making excuses. That was going to be the nature of our attack was going to be
01:14mix and match and yeah unfortunately we bowled well in patches but again you know we need to
01:22be more consistent with the ball. Is it any factor or was your match the most activating?
01:27No, I'm not going to make an excuse of the dew but it did it does play a role and it does play a role
01:31when you've got four spinners as well. But that's not really the excuse if
01:39I have to put a finger on it I would like to say we probably left 20 or 30 runs with the bat
01:45out there and that was probably why we ended up being under pressure with the ball.
01:50Will you change any bowling changes?
01:58Yeah, we'll have to look at the surface. At the moment we don't have a lot of reserves with the
02:02ball so we're going to have to just probably mix and match until we start getting players back but
02:07that's just the nature of it. We're going to have to stand up and stand tall with the bat
02:12in Hyderabad as we saw in the first game but yeah we're looking forward to that.
02:17But as I said it's opportunities for some youngsters as well getting their first opportunity.
02:22I thought I was really happy for Shardul Thakur as well, two wickets in the first over
02:27someone who's spent some time with us, got an opportunity to play this year's
02:32IPL. I thought he gave us a great start as well.
02:35So what's your opinion about the opponent's position for the team players?
02:43Delhi? I thought they bowled really well, I mean they did but
02:51Mosh and Puran played equally as well but I think for them the way
02:58they finished that partnership at the end there was outstanding and the way
03:03they finished was something that put us under pressure. I think the lesson there is that
03:08if you're batting second, especially when there's a little bit of moisture out there,
03:13you're always in the game and they showed us that tonight. They were under pressure
03:17and I thought they finished well.
03:21No, not at all. I think 2-10, if you look at the numbers on this ground, I think
03:262-10 is generally a winning score and as I said earlier we got a really inexperienced bowling
03:33attack because we've got a lot of injuries and sometimes that happens when the opposition puts
03:38you under pressure but we only learn about that when the game is on really and
03:45we can adapt and as we go but I just thought, as I said earlier, it was one of those games
03:51where we would have to mix and match and maybe one over from this side and one over from there
03:56and that's kind of what we did. It didn't work out, I thought they finished well with the bat
04:03but the reason why we're in that position because we didn't score enough runs which
04:07we should have. Sir, as per your observation, which ball is better, bowling or batting?
04:18Look, I thought when the bowlers got it right there was a little bit of spin so I thought it
04:23was a very good wicket. It was a little bit in there for everybody. I thought bowling was
04:29probably a little bit tougher than the batting but that's why I'm saying possibly with the
04:36experience and the bowling and the batting power we have, I think we left a few runs out there this
04:42evening. Sir, this season, first game you lost, so it will impact more pressure on upcoming games,
04:52so how do you overcome that? Yeah, I think we play in three days' time so we've got to just
04:57make sure and especially it's youngsters as well so we just need to keep them positive,
05:00we need to keep them believing in their ability. Sometimes the opposition is allowed to play
05:05well, they do have good nights as well so it's just about making sure we keep them positive,
05:10we keep them fresh and we back them again in the next game. Sir, how is the Vizag overall stadium
05:17ambience? How do you feel? I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It's the first time for me, I've been to pretty
05:25much most cities in India over the past I think 30 years but I haven't been here and it was
05:31awesome. I think the crowd was awesome, I thought the sound system was awesome as well
05:37and that always makes a huge difference but the weather is the same for me as in Durban,
05:42it's that same hot and humid weather. I loved it, it's beautiful and I'll be back.
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