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Break came at a good time: Snape

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Snape was in England for four days
Challengers trying its best to be positive: Misbah

Jaipur: Jeremy Snape, the coach of the Rajasthan Royals said the five day break came at a good time. “It was getting monotonous and taking quite a toll on the players’ body and mind. We will come back refreshed.

“We have great sympathy for the people of Rajasthan. Our main job is to play good cricket and the guys have to refocus themselves,” he said.

Snape was in England for four days for a series of meetings related to his testimonial season. “I flew in yesterday (on Thursday) and drove from New Delhi to Jaipur. It was an interesting drive and it appeared business as usual in Jaipur and its business as usual for the Rajasthan Royals. The general public may obviously be concerned about the situation, but we will switch over to cricket. We have five more games to play and one or two wins should enable us book a place in the semifinal and there’s no bigger incentive than this.”

Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq said Royal Challengers is trying its best to be positive. “We are under no pressure. We have played some close matches and have no fear about playing here.

“When a team is losing people start talking, but a captain is only as good as his team. One cannot blame the captain alone for losing, even the other players are responsible to get positive results.”

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