Having notched up his first win as captain of Chennai Super Kings, Ravindra Jadeja on Tuesday stated he’s nonetheless studying in his function and it’ll take a while “to get issues going”.
After four successive losses, CSK finally opened their account on Tuesday with a 23-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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“First of all, this is the first victory as a captain ever. I would like to dedicate to my wife because first victory is always special,” Jadeja stated within the post-match presentation after CSK restricted RCB to 193 for 9 whereas chasing an imposing 217 to win.
“Previous 4 video games, we couldn’t cross the road. But as a staff, we got here good. As a captain, I’m nonetheless choosing brains of the senior gamers. Mahi bhai is there, I all the time go to him and focus on.
“Moulding into a brand new function, it’ll take time to get issues going. I’m nonetheless studying and making an attempt to get higher with every sport.”
Jadeja said the team didn’t panic despite losing four successive matches.
“Our management don’t put pressure on me, they are relaxed, they always come to me and motivate. We have plenty of experience in our dressing room.
“Experience comes into play, we don’t panic early. We try to keep ourselves calm, we back ourselves and we look to play positive cricket. We’ll look to push hard, we’ve got the momentum, we’ll try and continue the momentum.”
RCB skipper Faf du Plessis admitted the staff missed the companies of seamer Harshal Patel, who is thought for his variation and dying bowling abilities.
“You see the worth he (Harshal) provides not simply to this staff however any staff. He has received the flexibility to essentially cease the sport. We missed that tonight. Even in direction of the top we lacked the variability,” he said.
“Big miss for us, hopefully we will have him back soon again.”
RCB badly missed the companies of Harshal Patel, who had left the bio-bubble following the dying of a member of the family on Saturday.
The RCB gamers wore black armbands within the match to point out solidarity with Patel and his household.
Shivam Dube, adjudged Player of the Match, for his 96 not out, acknowledged the influence of former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on his sport.
“I’m actually joyful that I contributed for the staff. It’s a honour for me. I’m extra targeted this time and specializing in fundamentals.
“I spoke to many seniors – Mahi bhai additionally helped me to enhance the sport. He stated, ‘Just be focused, just be still, just let the skill work in the game.’
“I wished to time the ball rather well. I attempted to keep up my steadiness…”
CSK will next take on Gujarat Titans on Sunday.
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