Denesh Ramdin blames lack of firepower, injuries for TNT T20 Defeat

Trinidad and Tobago captain Denesh Ramdin says a lack of batting firepower in the death overs and injury to bowler Rayad Emrit contributed to their semi-final defeat to Mumbai Indians in the knock-out stage of the Champions League T20.

The Red Force suffered a six wicket defeat to Mumbai, who went on to beat Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in Sunday’s final at the Ferozeshah Kotla to win the tournament, reports CMC.

Ramdin says a plan for one of their top three batsmen to bat through most of the innings did not materialise.

“I think we were about 15 runs short when we batted and we just could not defend our score,” said Ramdin.

“The plan was for one of the top three men to bat until at least the 17th or 18th over and this did not happen. Again we did not have the firepower in the end to take advantage of a good position and we paid the price”.