Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen
Fleming lost his cool and lashed out at all those questioning the thought process
behind the decision of sending Kedar Jadhav ahead of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in their Indian
Premier League match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

With a seven-run loss against the David Warner-led side, CSK have registered their third straight defeat in the ongoing edition of the cash-rich league.

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“It is a question?” a
fuming Fleming asked at the post-match press conference.

“He (Jadhav) is our number
four, Dhoni, primarily, is a middle to backend player, Kedar Jadhav is our
number four, he plays a dual role, if we get off to a good start he might move
down and let Dhoni up.”

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“If you lose early wickets
then your number four batsman goes in.” Jadhav faced 10 balls for his
three runs.

On the partnership between
skipper Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja, which brought CSK back into the game,
Fleming said the team needs to be more productive and proactive in the middle overs.

“We were in trouble through
the middle (part of the innings) and MS (Dhoni) and Jaddu had to take time.
They got us pretty close but they probably would want to be a little bit more
productive in the middle.”

“Obviously, when you have to
deal with Rashid Khan’s overs, it is a great challenge as well. Jaddu’s
momentum towards the end was encouraging,” he added.

Talking about Shane Watson’s
struggling form, he said, “Both Watson and Jadhav are looking for
substantial contributions. Shane can light the fuse at any stage and with
Kedhar it is the same.”

“It’s just our fourth game so it’s pretty
early in our cycle of form, but there is no doubt there is pressure and they
will be feeling it more than what I am talking about.”

“The last four overs in
particular, they were very good and we were patchy. And we just lacked a little
bit of confidence in the field,” he added.

“So there’s little things
all around, there’s probably a dozen runs at least that we gave up just with
the overthrows or bad movement. In a tight competition, that’s going to cost us
and we know that.”

“We’ve just got to get it
right, got to get a bit of confidence and a bit of game rhythm and guys in form
– and that can change pretty quickly. But also, if you don’t address them, then
we’ll just slide away,” Fleming remarked.

The CSK coach admitted that the top-order struggling,
especially not being able to keep pace with the required run-rate, was a
concern.

“Yeah it is a concern and
you don’t want to put yourself under pressure. We do need contributions from
the top four if we’re going to win this tournament.

“So we need to get some form
from some big players at the top, we’re still backing them. It’s a case of
getting into the tournament,” he added.

Fleming said CSK had planned for
youngsters Priyam Garg and Abhishek Sharma who bailed SRH out of trouble.

“It’s
not like the Super Kings hadn’t planned for them. We talked about them. All the
bowlers had the information and footage on them and quite a lot of detail was
done on them. They played well. That’s youth for you, come out and
attack.”