NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming was visibly annoyed with a journalist throughout the post-match press convention following his workforce’s loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Friday. The previous New Zealand captain reacted strongly when the journalist in contrast CSK’s fashion of play to different groups, dismissing the query as “foolish.”
The match marked CSK’s first defeat of the season, with RCB securing their first victory at Chepauk since 2008, successful by 50 runs.

Tensions flared within the press convention when Fleming confronted the journalist over the criticism of CSK’s method.
Right here’s how the alternate unfolded:
Reporter: “Within the first recreation, you chased 156 in virtually 20 overs. Right now, you scored 146. I do know that is your method of enjoying cricket, however do you suppose it is type of getting outdated?”
Fleming: “What do you imply by my method of enjoying? You discuss firepower. We’ve got acquired firepower all over. I do not perceive this query. Simply because we do not swing from ball No.1 and have some luck go our method, simply see on the finish, who wins it. It’s a optimistic model of cricket. Do not low cost us.”
Reporter: “I’m not discounting you.”
Fleming: “You form of are. Foolish query.”
Addressing the notion of “house benefit,” Fleming argued that Chepauk not offers CSK with a transparent edge, because the workforce has struggled to learn the pitch constantly.

“Effectively, as we have been telling you for a variety of years, there was no house benefit at Chepauk. We have gained away from house a few instances. And we’ve not been in a position to learn… we have been actually trustworthy with you,” Fleming mentioned within the post-match press convention.
“We’ve not been in a position to learn the wickets right here within the final couple of years. So, it is not new. We try to come back to grips every day with what we get, and we do not know. It is not the Chepauk [of old] the place you possibly can simply go in and play 4 spinners. We’re having to work actually laborious to attempt to perceive what the character of every pitch is, and it is fairly totally different,” he added.