Lyca Kovai Kings batsman speaks about working with Lance Klusener

Lyca Kovai Kings all-rounder Akshay Srinivasan addressed the media after his team’s 17-run loss to Chepauk Super Gillies in the second semifinal of the India Cements TN Premier League at Chepauk on Saturday. Here is an excerpt of the transcript.

You needed 30 off 15 balls. What happened?

Credit to them as they pulled it off in the end. I think we could have gotten a few boundaries, we planned well, but then we lost wickets at the wrong time. This loss is hard to digest.

Your teams’ good start during the run-chase?

We pegged them back, but then they did very well to reach 160 — a par score on this wicket.

That over by Yo Mahesh!

Mohammed was striking the ball well, but then we needed a boundary off the last ball of the 19th over. Kudos to Mohammed, he tried his best. Also, I got out at the wrong time, a fact which hampered our chances for winning.

On the tournament

It was brilliant! I learnt a lot from the support staff — we had a foreign coach. The overall experience was fantastic.