00:00Obviously a really disappointing evening for us collectively. I mean it hurts a lot,
00:05that's for sure. It hurts hurts a lot of all the players, it hurts the support staff and I'm sure
00:10it's hurting the fans a lot as well. So you know we're obviously really disappointed with the
00:14result and the performance tonight. Yeah I think we need to all have a good look hard look at
00:21ourselves individually about how we're going about it and look for ways to improve. Yeah there's
00:25certainly areas that that we haven't done as well as we would have liked or as certainly as we've
00:30planned to and but you know this this is where it's a time that we've got to really stick tight
00:35together, keep working really hard, keep working on the things that we think are really important.
00:41I mean I mean there's a lot of talk about the style of our play and things like that but that the the
00:47players we've got we don't want to ask them to play in a completely different way that that's natural
00:52to them that they've got here to the IPL for playing really well in in their way and and I'm
00:56certainly not one you know to try and get them to play in a different way you know like that they
01:02play at their best because they that's that's the way they play so I still think we've got the right
01:07players but we've just got to try and help them find find some confidence and and consistency and
01:12and then hopefully we can sort of grow and build from that whether that's with the bat with the ball
01:17in the field as well you know we've certainly been below par in in all three facets of the game so
01:23I mean we're not out of it all together so we've got to keep as I said we've got to stick tight
01:28identify the areas we can improve and and yeah just get back on that horse as quickly as we possibly can
01:33you know things can turn around quickly you know so if we start to fracture if we start to change
01:39things too much which has certainly not been a CSK trait in the past then I think things can go worse
01:45before they get better so you know I mean we'll need to do a bit of soul searching I mean it's it's
01:50quite raw at the moment so it's hard to really speak to exactly what we want to do moving forward
01:56I think we need to take some time to sort of sort of sit back think about it um review quite you know
02:02hard and um and then hopefully you know come together and um and just look for those areas to improve on
02:07uh yeah it's a good point I mean yeah we've got some new players that have come to the franchise so it
02:16does take a little bit of time for them to really um fit in and feel feel like they belong where we're
02:22trying to fast track that as much as we can uh and then it's just getting to know them and getting to
02:41know their games and and how they play their best cricket as well so we're working very hard behind
02:45the scenes with those guys and and the players you know you cannot fault their work ethic you know
02:50they're doing the hard work um but unfortunately this hasn't quite translated into performances just
02:55yet but what one of the um the real strengths of CSK over the years is um we'll identify the players
03:01that we've wanted and then we really back them in even if things aren't quite going to plan at the
03:06moment um you know we'll back them in and um and keep working hard with them and keep um showing some
03:13faith and trust in them and then hopefully that will be repaid in the in the long run
03:18i understand your point but but there is a thing that some of the players that you have taken are
03:25probably past their friday like at least in the domestic circuit also you have some young players
03:33also in the bench some you have they have they have been there for a while so why is this
03:38the luck tends to bloody young steps uh well i mean i i would argue that they're beyond their prime i
03:47i don't agree with that you know um we've had players at the in the twilight of their career come
03:52and play at CSK in the past i think of shane watson i think of ajinka rahane and uh and they've performed
03:59really well for CSK so uh i still think that the players that we've got still have some good cricket in
04:05front of them and can still offer us a lot um so i i don't necessarily agree that they you know
04:11they're they're beyond their best i still think we can find their best and um and see some great
04:15performances from them with regards to blooding youngsters um i mean we want to pick guys when
04:22they're ready to to perform as well uh we have had we've got some very good players that are waiting
04:27for their chance no question about that um but sometimes i think when teams give up the ghost and think
04:33oh well we we can't win the tournament anymore well oh we'll just try the youngsters now you
04:38know give them a go and you know that's we're still here to try and progress in the tournament as
04:43far as we can you know like we're certainly not putting the white flag up just yet um you only have
04:49to get into scrape into that fourth place and and big long tournament like the IPL it is about momentum
04:55now certainly the momentum is not with us at the moment whatsoever we haven't been playing good
04:59cricket consistently um we definitely acknowledge that put our hands up and and say that that is
05:04that is fact at the moment but that's not to say things can't turn around and can't turn around
05:08quickly so that's what we're still hanging on to that's what we're working hard towards and if we can
05:14change that momentum and get some confidence going and and get a few wins on the board the confidence
05:18will grow and you never know we might be able to scrape into one of those last positions in the uh in
05:23the table come playoffs time and um it's a it's a long way ahead and and we certainly need to change
05:28things around but um uh we still believe that we can do that
05:32Michael you've been part of uh previous uh CSK recipients both as a player and as a support staff
05:39just and even some of the most successful CSK teams over the past have lost just in terms of that
05:46how bad a loss is this and what are the kind of things that you tell your players
05:50and that's it yeah well this one hurts a lot i mean it really does i i said earlier um it the
05:59players are hurting um the support staff we're hurting and as i said earlier that the fans i'm
06:03sure are hurting with that one as well this is a time where you really find out who are your true
06:09supporters and i just know stephen fleming obviously he's been a he is a great coach he
06:15he will really and ms doni's obviously a he's been a great captain for a long time as well uh
06:20rutaraj is still going to be around the team i think they'll really try and bring this team as
06:25tight and as close together you know make sure there's no fractures make sure we still uh sticking
06:31tight because i'm sure we're going to cop plenty of criticism from the outside and and you know look
06:35we deserve it you know we haven't performed as well as we would have liked so far in the tournament
06:39but from the inside internal side of things we've got to stick really tight
06:43um we we still believe we've got the talent in the dressing room to turn this around
06:47it's going to take some hard work no question about that but um we're going to find out who
06:51our true supporters are the ones that really stick with us um i i you know the fans we have uh with
06:58for the chennai super kings have been absolutely phenomenal ever since day one really uh we hope
07:04that they continue to keep turning out and supporting us and and i know the guys will be really hurting from
07:08this and we'll want to turn it around for the fans you know as much for the for the dressing room and
07:14for each other as well but more for the fans because um you know they have stuck through stuck
07:19tight through us um with us for for a lot of um the good times and we hope that they stick with us
07:25now when things haven't quite gone to plan just yet uh was it uh a facet of the game that was missing in
07:39the batting performance today and how was the team looking to rectify that part without doubt i mean
07:46he's i think in my view he's one of india's best players you know uh i'd love to see him in colors
07:54a lot more than what he has already and and the reason for that is that he's um
07:57he's such a classy player he's got all the skills all the shots but he's also got a great cricket
08:03brain you know he understands when to attack when to maybe defend he understands how to manipulate the
08:08field and that's why we'll certainly be tapping into some of that knowledge with some of our other
08:13younger players that we're trying to improve their batsmanship skills knowing the right times to
08:18you know to to when to go who to go against um when's the times just to sort of maybe pull back
08:24a little bit that those cricket smarts that have been synonymous with csk over many many years
08:30uh rutaraj he certainly embodies a lot of those qualities so um yeah it's a massive loss for us no
08:35question about that you you almost can't replace a rutaraj for us um but we want to tap into his
08:41knowledge to help the development of some of the other guys as well
08:46is it possible csd can make playoffs from this position it's still possible of course um i mean
08:53we need to play a lot better there's no question about that uh as i said earlier we we i'll be the
08:59first to acknowledge when we haven't played consistently good cricket uh so far in the
09:03tournament um so we need to turn it around but of course we we have the belief that we have the talent
09:08in the room uh and the expertise to to still make it through to the playoffs so that's what we'll
09:13be working very hard towards but we've got to change the momentum and uh and get our confidence
09:18back as quick as we can last two seasons watching him is sure that he has a potential but it appears
09:31from outside like he's struggling to like sort of get used to the nature of the surface or whatever it is
09:36so uh just talk about this power uh this development of how he's been done
09:42trying to be the batsman that he wants to be because times when he looks like he is uh tries to
09:48over hit the ball as well sometimes it comes across about things i mean i i love working with
09:55rachan i think he's a fantastic player and he's still a young player you know uh i think he's taken
10:01some really good strides from where he was last year in his t20 cricket to where he is this year
10:05he's very clear on his process and how he wants to go about it uh and and i think he's he's definitely
10:11gone up a bit he's made a big jump in his in his um t20 batting already uh he'll only get better and
10:17better the more he plays um but i mean it's easy to look at the results and i still think his results
10:24have been okay so far i mean every batsman's going to miss out every now and then he's been his his
10:28results have been okay but i'm more interested in his process and his mindset and his thinking
10:33and he's become a lot more consistent with his process and he's a lot more consistent with his
10:37thinking so if he continues to to maintain that then i believe there's going to be some very good
10:42consistent performances for csk for a for a long time i mean is he the finished product no of course
10:48not you know he's still he's still a young player he's still developing but i i have seen a lot of
10:52improvement in him from this time last year to this time this year and we just obviously hope that
10:57that that that trajectory continues
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