‘We’re certainly not going to panic’: CSK batting coach Mike Hussey after team’s elimination from IPL playoffs race | Ipl News

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batting coach Mike Hussey on Friday opted to look to the positives of season even as the MS Dhoni-led team became the first team to be eliminated from the IPL playoffs race after they lost to the Punjab Kings on Wednesday. CSK, the five time champions, have just managed 4 points from 10 matches and are currently lodged at the bottom of the table.
After getting eliminated PBKS, CSK set an unwanted record, where the franchise failed to qualify for the play-offs in back to back editions, a first in the hory of the team.
“We’re certainly not going to panic and throw everything out just because it hasn’t gone well this year but we definitely need to tidy up on a few areas,” said Hussey on the eve of the match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
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“I know we’re sitting at the bottom of the table and we haven’t won many games. But I actually don’t think we’re too far away. We have got some match-winning players in that line-up. We can definitely compete with any team in the competition. I can think off the top of my head probably three games that they would have won and they’d probably be sitting somewhere right up near the top four. I mean, there’s fine margins in this competition,” he added.
Hussey, however, found some positives in the general pall of gloom, such as the fine outings young players like Ayush Mhatre and Dewald Brevis.

“It’s great opportunity for some guys to get a chance to play in the IPL. Hopefully, they can grab their chances and shore up their spot in the squad for the next few years. “A few wins and a few players who have taken their opportunities, that would be fantastic the end of the season,” he said.
(with agency inputs)