Michael Hussey backs CSK despite fifth straight defeat

Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey threw his weight behind the current squad despite a fifth straight defeat, insisting that the five-time champions have the “right players” and are not raising the white flag just yet.

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CSK crumbled to an embarrassing eight-wicket defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders here on Friday after recording their lowest-ever score at the Chepauk of 103 for nine. “I still think we have got the right players. We have just got to try and help them find some confidence and consistency and then hopefully we can sort of grow and build from that, whether that’s with the bat, ball or in the field,” Hussey told the media after the match.

“There is a lot of talk about the style of our play. But the players we've got, we do not want to ask them to play in a completely different way; that is natural to them.“They have got here to the IPL for playing really well in their way. I am certainly not one to try and get them to play in a different way. They play at their best because that is the way they play,” he added. Hussey dismissed suggestions that CSK have stacked their squad