Chennai Super Kings might have kept alive their IPL campaign with a narrow four-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals on thursday, but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni isn't too impressed with the performance of his batsmen and asked them to lift their game ahead of the remaining matches.
Mumbai and Delhi entered the semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali All India T20 tournament with contrasting victories over Tamil Nadu and Railways respectively at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday.
Dinesh Karthik's blazing century and an equally attacking innings by Srikkanth Aniruddha helped Tamil Nadu register a comfortable five-wicket win over Andhra in their opening South Zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday.
While the Indian seniors have failed miserably with the bats in England, most of the A team batsmen have done well with the willow at the four-nation Emerging Players Tournament which concluded in Queensland on Saturday.
India recorded a comfortable seven-wicket victory against Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in a one-day match of the Emerging Players' Meet.
Undeserved players continue to warrant selection purely on preferential basis.