Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK’s) coach, Stephen Fleming, was pleased with his team’s performance at home soil and is looking forward to continue the good show against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK).
Both teams will be up against each other in the 64th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday, May 18th, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in India.
According to Fleming, “We're proud of our record at home this year. It's obviously been a great achievement to get to this point to win that many games. But we've also concentrated very hard on winning at home, so we haven't taken it for granted.”
The former New Zealand skipper stated that he wanted to end up in the top-two of the pool. He added, “Well we haven't quite sewed it up, but that's definitely something that we want to do. Any team wants to get one or two, because the run in to the final is so much better. If you win one game then you're back at Chennai, (and) that's set up for a final and that's a fantastic run.”
CSK have won eight out of the 12 games played until now, but haven’t cemented their spot in the play-offs. They will be eying a victory in today’s game to take the top position in the pool for the time being.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are the only team to have qualified for the semi-finals. They have 17 points from 13 matches and are currently at the top of the table with one more game to go in the cash rich tournament.
There is an outside chance for KTK and Kings X1 Punjab (KXP) to make it to the play-offs, but they will have to win their remaining games first before the run-rate comes into consideration.
Kochi’s stand in captain, Parthiv Patel, was well aware of his team’s slim chances in the lucrative league. He stated that the team was ready to give a tough time to Chennai in the upcoming match.
The first encounter between the two teams was won by KTK. However, the franchise will be missing its regular skipper, Mahela Jayawardene, who played a crucial part in that victory.
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