Stephen Fleming compares dew at Mumbai's Brabourne stadium to Niagra Falls

After his side got thrashed by Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming said that the amount of dew that was present during the match was like Niagra FallsIt was a complete team effort as Lucknow Super Giants chased down a big target of 211 in 193 overs against Chennai Super Kings to register a sixwicket win here at Brabourne StadiumIf youd looked earlier on spinning options were taken out of play Because it was like Niagara Falls in terms of the wetness and they LSG played well So it was very hard to one grip the ball for a spinner and two to be effective So early on we were one over short but they played well We always knew we had to pick up an over somewhere we were hoping to be able to create enough of a runrate towards the end that we could squeeze someone in said Fleming in a postmatch presentationWhether that was another spinner the decision was made in the middle to use Dube and they counted it well So we always knew that one over was going to be pivotal and I think they did as well but they played it very well he addedThe head coach further said he thought that 210 runs were above par and the conditions in Maharashtra always favour the team who is chasingWe thought it was about par and thats the nature of the conditions at the moment they very much favour the team batting second We did well to get to 210 but we were always realistic that it was going to get harder as the night went on So we worked very hard to stay in the game to be honest said the head coachDefensively I thought we were great After about 10 overs we just knuckled down and I thought we were fantastic to stay in the game But its pretty hard fielding second at the moment he addedChennai Super Kings batters Robin Uthappa Moeen Ali Shivam Dube batted well and took Lucknow bowlers to the cleaners but there was one bowler on the Lucknow side who bagged two wickets and conceded only 24 runs in four oversAyush Badoni has been a real find for Lucknow as the youngster clicked in the first match of the season scoring a halfcentury and in the successful chase against CSK the youngster scored an unbeaten 19 from 9balls to guide his team to a sixwicket winChennai Super Kings will now be facing Punjab Kings on Sunday while Lucknow Super Giants will be going up against Sunrisers Hyderabad on MondayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever