Port
of Spain, Sep 14 : Trinidad and Tobago's captain Daren Ganga expects
his team to qualify for the main draw of the Champions League Twenty20,
admitting that "sometimes our best efforts are not good enough".
The team leaves Wednesday for India, where it will contest the
qualifying stages of the competition against Sri Lanka's Ruhuna Rhinos
and England's Leicester shire.
Three teams will advance from the qualifiers, and T&T, beaten
finalist in the inaugural tournament two years ago, felt strongly that
they will own one of those spaces.
"As T20 cricket goes, it is very difficult for us to predict results
before we play," said Ganga on the eve of his team's departure.
"Sometimes our best efforts are not good enough for the opposition. and that is the nature of sport.
"We try to leave everything on the field, meaning that we give our best effort on the field.
"What I could say is that we have worked very hard as a team to
prepare. For the last two months, every single player in this room has
dedicated their lives, and their time towards preparing for this
challenge. We firmly believe that we will play good cricket," Ganga
added.
T&T will fly to Hyderabad - via London and Bangalore - before
playing a warm-up against Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight
Riders.
They begin the qualifying competition against Ruhuna Monday and take on Leicester shire the following day.
"With just a day to go before we head off to India, the players would
not have been focused on training," said T&T Operations Manager
Omar Khan.
"I think they are all just anxious to get to India, and get down to
business. We gave them the day off (Monday) to attend to their personal
business and from (Wednesday) it is serious cricket business.
He said: "We are hoping to settle quickly in India and hit the ground
running. We have quality players and once they play intelligent
cricket, I see no reason us not doing very well in the tournament.
T&T are without key all-rounders Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo.
They have chosen to play for their respective IPL franchises, Mumbai
Indians and reigning IPL champions Chennai Super Kings.
The squad:
Daren Ganga (captain), Samuel Badree, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo,
Kevon Cooper, Rayad Emrit, Sherwin Ganga, Shannon Gabriel, Jason
Mohammed, Dave Mohammed, Sunil Narine, William Perkins, Denesh Ramdin,
Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons
Tags:
Andres Iniesta,
Spain
Madrid,
Sep 12 : FC Barcelona will make sweeping changes to their starting 11
for the visit of AC Milan to the Camp Nou Stadium in the UEFA Champions
League Tuesday night.
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