Ahead of Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) next IPL 2020 clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Sunday (October 11) in Dubai, CSK batsman Shane Watson admitted to doing some “soul searching” after a heartbreaking loss to KKR in their last game to maki strong comeback against RCB.
The all-rounder further said the CSK bowlers did a brilliant job with the ball by restricting KKR to 167 in 20 overs but it was poor batting performance that led the three-time IPL champions to suffer its fourth loss in the ongoing 13th edition of the T20 league on Wednesday (7 October).
The Aussie said CSK’s narrow 10-run defeat at the hands of CSK earlier this week was a heartbreak, saying he and entire franchise were “hurt” and “shattered” to not be able to get over the line. However, the star batsman said the CSK is doing a bit of soul searching to make a strong comeback against RCB.
Watson said on the Debrief on t20stars.com: “The overall assessment is that we are shattered about us not getting over the line last night. We should have closed it out, it is as simple as that. We bowled nicely to be able to restrict a powerful KKR batting line up to 167.”
He further added, “For us, Sam Curran and Shardul Thakur bowled very well. Karn Sharma bowled so beautifully, he is a skillful leg spinner. So, for us to restrict KKR to 167 was a great result.”
Meanwhile, the former Australian all-rounder also credited the West Indian spinner Sunil Narine for KKR’s victory, saying: “The three overs from Sunil Narine really stopped our momentum, and then we were up to chasing 13 or 14 an over. Yeah, it was just shattering. These are the games where you wish that you had chased the score in 17 or 18 overs, but we lost our way in the run chase.”
Watson signed off by saying, “I know everyone is hurting from that game last night. We will do a bit of soul searching over the next day and a half until we face RCB in our next game.”
