Lucknow: Lucknow Supergiants are feeling the heat in the IPL this season. With just two wins from six games, LSG are just one spot below Kolkata Knight Riders in the points table. However, LSG’s bowling coach Bharat Arun They don’t seem to be too concerned about their bottom parity and hope the team bounces back in the upcoming matches. Excerpts from an interview Your team conceded more than 250 runs against him. Punjab Kings. What exactly went wrong for LSG? I wouldn’t read too much into this game. Our bowling unit has done really well in the previous matches. Sometimes it can be a game. At certain stages, even the selection of balls may not be ideal. But there is no major cause for concern as our bowlers are good enough to make a strong comeback. You must have seen in the earlier games that our bowlers executed our plans very well. These things can happen. The game is also about failure and, more importantly, how strongly you respond to it. It defines what kind of player you are.
Did the lack of early wickets put too much pressure in the middle overs? We got an early wicket but after that their batsmen played very well. In the powerplay, our ball selection was not good, and that is something we can improve on. This is a big problem if you are bowling badly. But if the problem is to make the right choice, it can surely be corrected in the upcoming matches. You have not been able to avail of domestic benefit. Are the conditions not right for your attack? No, I don’t think so. If you look at it, our bowling at home has been reasonably good. This is a good match for our batting which is really far from clicking. Even in the Punjab game, despite the loss, the positive was that our batsmen got close to 200. It’s encouraging for us, and I’m sure the batting group will take confidence from that effort. How are you handling the balance of foreign vs Indian bowlers? Our bowling attack is mostly Indian. Actually, besides Enrich NortjeJoe has gone back injured, we didn’t really have an overseas presence in the bowling group. But this is a very interesting Indian bowling unit, and we have a lot of faith in them. Which phase of the innings worries you the most right now: the powerplay, the middle overs, or the death? I can’t reveal what the data says right now, but we are aware of the areas we need to focus on. We have already switched bowling roles, and barring one game, it has worked quite well. So this is not a big concern for us at this stage. If the same PBKS batting line-up came before you tomorrow, what would you do differently from the first ball? We’ll definitely develop things differently, but that’s something you’ll see whether or not we play them again.
