Hyderabad : Shane Watson, who was running through a bad patch, expressed his indebtedness to MSD and Stephen Fleming for reposing faith in him. The former Aussie all-rounder stated that he would have dropped long ago had anyone was there in Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Stephen Flemming's place.
He had gone without a fifty in his first 10 innings of the ongoing Indian Premier League before striking 96 off 53 balls on Tuesday night to guide CSK home against Sunriser's Hyderabad.
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“I can’t thank Stephen Fleming and M S Dhoni enough for their belief in me. Just about every other team I’ve been in… for me to miss out on not scoring runs for long as I had throughout the tournament, if I had been in a other team I would have been dropped a long time ago,” Watson said.
Thanks to Watson’s knock, CSK chased down a target of 176 losing just four wickets.
“For me personally, knowing that I had come off from the PSL and coming into this I was flying high and then things didn’t go my way. I lost a bit of rhythm in my batting." added Watson.
The 37 year old all-rounder praised Afghan spinner Rashid Khan. "He (Rashid) can go a long way," commented Watson.
SRH and Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan praised Watson’s batting which took the game away from his team. “The first plan was to get him out because we know how dangerous he can be once he settles down," said Hasan.
