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Cricket Analysis
Chennai: Perhaps, the law of averages caught up with Chennai Super Kings, who lost their first game after eight consecutive wins at home on Saturday night when they went down to a depleted Mumbai Indians by three wickets in the Champions League T20 tournament, but it is a situation the the team is not unfamiliar with, according to their middle-order batsman Subramaniam Badrinath.
"We have been in this situation before and we have got ourselves out of it, so it's not something that's new to us. I think we just have to play good cricket. It's important to bowl well in the last leg.
It is actually a different feeling to lose at home because we haven't lost for quite a while. These things are bound to happen, but we know we are a champion side."
Looking back at the Saturday night game, Badrinath thought the bowlers erred a bit in keeping it short and allowing the rival batsmen to have a go, like Lasith Malinga did during his match-winnings innings.
"Actually, we haven't discussed anything as yet. It is just that I think we maybe bowled a fraction too short which gave them some leverage, but we haven't really got back to the drawing board as yet.
"I think the total we got in the last match was a pretty good one. Anywhere close to 160 and any team would back themselves to defend that," he said.
"To be honest, the wickets are a bit different from what they were because the whole square has been re-laid. I think it has become a touch slower and lower," he observed
"That has actually been my role since I started playing for Chennai. I have often switched roles and had discussions with coach Stephen Fleming on this.
"It is a tough role, sometimes you have to be prepared to play the new ball in the Powerplay and also in the slog overs. That's the challenge I always look forward to as a player and try and do the best I can in every game," he said.
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