Chennai Super Kings’ head coach Stephen Fleming on Saturday said Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s absence had an impact on the team and captaincy, but his side did well in their last match.
“Whenever a great player who is in great form is not in your side, it does have an impact on your team as well as captaincy. You have to make adjustments. But it does not mean that we are not competitive. We still turned out a very good side in the last game and still got well beaten,” Fleming told reporters on the eve of their IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday.
Fleming said Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo will be assessed if they are match fit at the end of the training.
“We tend to look at short form quite separately. We tend to give guys more chances, because we are asking them to play a high-risk game. So it is unfair to look at form after two or three innings, both batting and bowling wise,” he said.
“The selection policy of the team is more conservative than others, but it tries to get the right team for any condition, which is a challenge in away matches,” he added.
“We are a little bit more settled at home, which is how it should be. But when we travel away we set to work hard on making sure we get the balance between seam bowlers and spinners. That is the simplistic way we look at selecting sides and we’re pretty conservative with the emphasis on cohesion.”
