Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara said Sri Lankans in the IPL will have to abide by their Board's decision and return home for the England tour. He also said that as yet he wasn't sure of the exact date of their return.
"We have a tour of England happening by the end of May. I think the Board (SLC) will start calling us back. But I am not sure if it is going to be May five or not (for the return home)," said Sangakkara, who captains Deccan Chargers.
"It is up to the BCCI and SLC to negotiate on this (date of return). What we as players can do is to abide by the decision of our Board. I hope the players would be communicated after a decision is taken by the BCCI and SLC. We have to abide by that," he said at the post-match press conference after Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 33 runs.
Sangakkara described Thursday's win a team effort and said it was a relief that Deccan finally won at home in the IPL.
"It is great to win at home. It is relief and joy at last. It was a great team effort. Everybody contributed to the win. Chipli played a brilliant innings. Gony and Steyn bowled exactly according to the plan," he said.
Asked about his side breaking the jinx of losing all their IPL matches at home before Thursday, Sangakkara said, "Win is a win and you have to keep on being positive. We did just that."
RCB captain Daniel Vettori blamed poor fielding and bowling performance for his side's loss.
"We did not bowl and field well. We did not stop 15-20 runs while fielding. That is not acceptable in Twenty20 cricket. We have some good fielders and we should have stopped those runs. We let them add these runs," he rued.
"At the end, because of the mistakes, Deccan's total became unassailable," said the New Zealander.
Vettori said the top order batting failure meant that there were no substantial partnerships in RCB's run chase except for the 54 for the sixth wicket between Virat Kohli (71) and Cheteshwar Pujara (25).
"You need quality players for big partnerships. Deccan bowled really well and our top order failed to get the start," said Vettori.
Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara said Sri Lankans in the IPL will have to abide by their Board's decision and return home for the England tour. He also said that as yet he wasn't sure of the exact date of their return."We have a tour of England happening by the end of May. I think the Board (SLC) will start calling us back. But I am not sure if it is going to be May five or not (for the return home)," said Sangakkara, who captains Deccan Chargers.
"It is up to the BCCI and SLC to negotiate on this (date of return). What we as players can do is to abide by the decision of our Board. I hope the players would be communicated after a decision is taken by the BCCI and SLC. We have to abide by that," he said at the post-match press conference after Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 33 runs.
Sangakkara described Thursday's win a team effort and said it was a relief that Deccan finally won at home in the IPL.
"It is great to win at home. It is relief and joy at last. It was a great team effort. Everybody contributed to the win. Chipli played a brilliant innings. Gony and Steyn bowled exactly according to the plan," he said.
Asked about his side breaking the jinx of losing all their IPL matches at home before Thursday, Sangakkara said, "Win is a win and you have to keep on being positive. We did just that."
RCB captain Daniel Vettori blamed poor fielding and bowling performance for his side's loss.
"We did not bowl and field well. We did not stop 15-20 runs while fielding. That is not acceptable in Twenty20 cricket. We have some good fielders and we should have stopped those runs. We let them add these runs," he rued.
"At the end, because of the mistakes, Deccan's total became unassailable," said the New Zealander.
Vettori said the top order batting failure meant that there were no substantial partnerships in RCB's run chase except for the 54 for the sixth wicket between Virat Kohli (71) and Cheteshwar Pujara (25).
"You need quality players for big partnerships. Deccan bowled really well and our top order failed to get the start," said Vettori.
© PTI
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