NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming is kind of clear concerning the upcoming IPL season as he desires his gamers to play rather well after final 12 months’s debacle within the cash-rich league.
CSK completed ninth within the 10-team match in 2022 after clinching the title in 2021.
Fleming is kind of optimistic about this 12 months’s version as it’s set to be performed on home-and-away foundation after being held inside ‘bio-bubbles’ for 2 years however the former New Zealand skipper mentioned gamers must regulate shortly to new floor situations if they’re to do properly this season.
“We have to really play well, and we have to re-teach the team how to play (this season). We’ve had three or four years almost where we’ve been away, so our style of play has changed,” Fleming was quoted as saying in CSK web site on Monday.
“So, we quickly have to get back into sync with the ground and make sure that the style of play we play represents what the ground’s asking. And, we’ll do that and we need to do it quickly. So, we’ll work very hard on that.”
Fleming added that with IPL motion lastly set to return to CSK’s fortress Chepauk, his crew will do its greatest to maximise the benefits on dwelling turf.
CSK shall be bolstered by the addition of England Test skipper Ben Stokes, who was purchased by the crew for Rs 16.25 crore within the IPL public sale at Kochi just lately.
“Well, it’s a great time because we turned our home ground into almost a fortress, it was really hard for teams to come and play us and we worked hard. It didn’t happen by accident. We really developed a team that could specialise here. So, we’re really proud of what we achieved here,” mentioned Fleming.
“So, this had to be a strong home base for us. And it was, and what we gave and the results we got, we got back ten-fold from the crowd. And as our support grew and our success grew, it just became an absolute juggernaut of a place to come and compete in. And I know the players loved driving here, turning up to play, and I’m pretty sure as opposition it felt pretty daunting.”
(With inputs from PTI)
CSK completed ninth within the 10-team match in 2022 after clinching the title in 2021.
Fleming is kind of optimistic about this 12 months’s version as it’s set to be performed on home-and-away foundation after being held inside ‘bio-bubbles’ for 2 years however the former New Zealand skipper mentioned gamers must regulate shortly to new floor situations if they’re to do properly this season.
“We have to really play well, and we have to re-teach the team how to play (this season). We’ve had three or four years almost where we’ve been away, so our style of play has changed,” Fleming was quoted as saying in CSK web site on Monday.
“So, we quickly have to get back into sync with the ground and make sure that the style of play we play represents what the ground’s asking. And, we’ll do that and we need to do it quickly. So, we’ll work very hard on that.”
Fleming added that with IPL motion lastly set to return to CSK’s fortress Chepauk, his crew will do its greatest to maximise the benefits on dwelling turf.
CSK shall be bolstered by the addition of England Test skipper Ben Stokes, who was purchased by the crew for Rs 16.25 crore within the IPL public sale at Kochi just lately.
“Well, it’s a great time because we turned our home ground into almost a fortress, it was really hard for teams to come and play us and we worked hard. It didn’t happen by accident. We really developed a team that could specialise here. So, we’re really proud of what we achieved here,” mentioned Fleming.
“So, this had to be a strong home base for us. And it was, and what we gave and the results we got, we got back ten-fold from the crowd. And as our support grew and our success grew, it just became an absolute juggernaut of a place to come and compete in. And I know the players loved driving here, turning up to play, and I’m pretty sure as opposition it felt pretty daunting.”
(With inputs from PTI)