Trinidad and Tobago captain Denesh Ramdin says failure to execute plans and a lack of mental preparation are the reasons for his team getting knocked out at the qualifying stage of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket here.
The Red Force lost by six wickets to English county side Yorkshire at Supersport Park on Wednesday and with that, they went out of the competition.
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Denesh Ramdin
The defeat appeared to have stunned the Trinidadians who were left to play an inconsequential game against Sri Lankan champions Uva before returning home.
“We didn’t execute our plans as we wanted to. We lost early wickets and then we tried to get a partnership (going), but we didn’t execute as well come the latter stages either,” said Ramdin.
“We should have prepared better mentally coming to South Africa, where the bounce is different.”
T&T went all the way to the final in the inaugural edition in 2009 before losing to New South Wales.Last year, they were forced to qualify for the main stage, where they narrowly missed securing a spot in the semi-finals.
“We started poorly with the bat and the bowlers were too inconsistent. Coach David Williams was constantly telling the guys to pitch the ball up but they did not do that and you see the result,” said manager Omar Khan.
“We kept telling them that the team that makes the least mistakes on the day will win the match and they saw that today.”
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