Indian T20 League 2022: Stephen Fleming admits Chennai's lack of self-belief after recent games

The Indian T20 league 2022 keeps getting worse for Chennai. They went on to lose their fourth consecutive game against Hyderabad on Saturday. This is the worst start the yellow army have ever had in the history of the league.

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Ravindra Jadeja's captaincy has been criticized by several experts and pundits. Besides, they have looked mediocre in all three departments of the game. The unavailability of their blue-eyed boy Deepak Chahar hasn't helped their cause either. Thus, Chennai needs to address a lot of issues If they are to get back to the groove.

However, Chennai's coach Stephen Fleming recently admitted to the lack of self-belief within the side. He mentioned the fact that they haven't even been close to winning a game. The Kiwi legend drew light on the fact that they were outplayed during their fourth game against the Kane Williamson-led side.

"I think it's clear. Batting, bowling and fielding is what we need to work on. And moving forward we improve batting, bowling and fielding. Probably each facet of the game is a concern, if not at one stage then altogether. We were well outplayed today. We're sort of learning. We've got some issues around player availability, and in some areas a little bit underpowered, that we're just looking for players to step up. So we've got some learning to do still around our players and our squad.

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And we haven't had any evidence that sort of helps the belief. We are not winning any games. Not being close to winning any games, you get a bit of self-doubt, and the players get a little bit niggly. So we just got to work through that pretty quickly and try to find some rhythm and get back in the tournament," said Stephen Fleming, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

In the meanwhile, the 49-year-old also stated that they are unable to get themselves to a winning position. He also mentioned that the unavailability of Chahar has been a huge loss for them. Further on, he said that it takes a few wins to win back the belief.

"Deepak is a loss but if I could summarise. But it's just pressure, we're just not getting ourselves in positions to pressurise the opposition and we're just coming a distant second. It takes one or two good performances and then you get a bit of belief and a bit of evidence that you're an okay side and away you go. But at the moment, we look a long way away from that," he added.