Mumbai, April 21: Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist today said losing five successive matches freed his teammates’ minds as the defending champions scripted a dramatic turnaround to reach the semifinal of the Indian Premier League.
“After five losses in a row, we knew we could not afford to lose another game. That freed us a lot, from the cloud of uncertainty and we knew what our job was,” said the Chargers skipper ahead of his team’s semifinal clash against Chennai Super Kings at the D Y Patil Stadium here tomorrow.
Australia had a similar predicament in the 1999 World Cup in England when they had to win seven games at a stretch to lift the coveted title which they did in style under Steve Waugh. Gilchrist said that thought did not cross his mind while conceding that there was some similarity.
“I had not really thought of it.
–PTI