Watson was supported by Chennai Super Kings management despite poor form.
Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has always appreciated the environment he got in the Chennai Super Kings camp. He has got good backing from the team management and captain MS Dhoni despite a dip in his form.
In IPL 2018 final, Watson had paid off by smashing 117 runs in 57 deliveries against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He was good in IPL 2019 final too, scoring 80 off 59, but couldn't finish the game which turned tables for CSK.
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“You can go for 10 games not scoring runs and still get picked. Last season, thank you to M.S. Dhoni and Stephen Fleming for keeping the faith,” he said in an Instagram live session on CSK’s handle.
“Every other franchise would have been ‘You are gone. Thank you for coming, but you are sitting and you are running the drinks,” he said.
Warner hasn't had a good start to the tournament in the last two seasons. “Through that period, unfortunately, I felt like I was batting well but I was just not scoring runs and that kept going on and on. At some stage, I was feeling after a couple of games that they are going to have to move me on, but they didn’t,” said Watson.
“And then when things turned around, which I knew it would at some stage, I thanked MS and Fleming for keeping the faith, and they said there was never any doubt,” he said.
“And that’s phenomenal. That made me feel 10-foot tall. That’s the power of amazing leadership. To know when to stick with people you believe in, and that’s amazing for me. And I am forever indebted to those guys.”