“He is a unique talent. His ability to hit the ball out of the park is amazing. He has got phenomenal power. We see him in practice all the time. What is really important is the clarity on his role in the team, maybe we did not quite have it last year and the start of this year,” Hussey mentioned.
“Through Stephen Fleming and MSD (Dhoni), they have been very clear in the role they see him playing and how they see him playing at his best for us. In his mind, he is so clear about how he needs to go about playing in any situation.
“It is a floating position, it type of is dependent upon the scenario of the sport and on who the opposition are bowling,” Hussey said ahead of the IPL match against Delhi Capitals in response to a question on Dube, who has scored 290 runs in nine innings so far.
The batting coach added, “Talking to him and dealing with him, he simply feels very clear about how he must go about it. That combined along with his distinctive expertise and energy is a really harmful factor for opposition groups. He is in an amazing place.
“He had a sort of finger injury trying to take a catch in the last game. It was great signs that he was able to come out and bat. Fingers crossed, he will be fine to get through the DC match,” Hussey mentioned of Dube.
On Wednesday’s match in opposition to Delhi Capitals, the previous Australia batter mentioned CSK should be at their greatest because the opposition had been in good type and received 4 of the final 5 matches.
“It (Delhi Capitals) has been in good form. It has won four of its last five matches. It is good to come here (Chennai) with a bit of confidence. It did well in the last match (against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi), it was a dominant win.
“We should play at our greatest. I do know DC is sitting on the backside of the desk, however it’s so near leaping up in a short time with a few wins.”
Speaking about CSK’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes, Hussey said he was training really well and was available for selection for Wednesday’s match.
“Stokes has been coaching rather well. I’m fairly positive that he’s accessible for choice. It simply comes right down to the stability of the squad. Obviously, now we have been taking part in in type of spinning situations, so that they have determined to go for the additional spin-bowling choice relatively than Stokes, an all-rounder who can bowl seam,” he said.
“He has been coaching rather well; he has ticked all of the containers so far as being accessible for choice.”
Meanwhile, DC assistant coach Shane Watson said the team’s batting unit had taken a little bit of time to click while the bowling had done so earlier.
“It was an enormous problem to fill the void left by the absence of Rishab Pant. It was an even bigger problem than it was regarded as… The batting has taken just a little little bit of time to click on.”
Meanwhile, pacer Anrich Nortje had to fly back to South Africa following a personal emergency and missed DC’s last game. He is unavailable for the game against CSK as well on Wednesday.
Watson said he expects Nortje to return to the IPL for the back-end of the tournament.
(With PTI Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com