'We are not playing winning cricket' - Fleming

Rising Pune Giants coach Stephen Fleming not mince his words when he said he was "angry" and disappointed by a two-wicket defeat Kolkata Knight Riders, which he described as "very bad". The defeat, Giants' second consecutive home loss and fourth in a row, has supergiants put second on the IPL table to keep after five games - two points equal with Kings XI Punjab but above them on net run rate.

"We do not play to win cricket, and that is in all matters," Fleming said in a report on the performance of his team on Sunday when the supergiant failed 160 to defend on a pitch that was slow and under the row. "I thought today's performance was poor, the performance in the field, I was very bad thought."

According to Fleming, failed his bowlers the Knight Riders dominated mainly by the opposition their opening pair of Robin Uthappa and captain Gautam Gambhir lost in the first three overs had. Instead rebuilt Suryakumar Yadav and Yusuf Pathan, the Knight Riders innings to create a winning platform that could withstand a late wobble.

"160 was a good to very good score on this surface," Fleming said. "We saw it a lot of support for the slow bowler was, but we have still not set. We did not spin using enough pressure to create. We kept Kolkata in the game. They also hit the crucial moment, but our fielding and bowling ... the slow bowling wanting allowed especially towards the middle overs, and that is disappointing. 161 was easily defended. "

In batting, the supergiants during field restrictions were prudently, end at 31 for 1 in six overs. In contrast, the Knight Riders 59 for 2 after the Powerplay. Fleming said the giant above order was cautious and timid pitch, took turn right and that was one of the reasons for the contrasting approaches the powerplay.

"Your six overs was a mixture of poor bowling and some good stroke," Fleming said. "But apart from that, as I said, at a time when they would 10 one above and on a ground where it should have been a close fight, we gave away too many free runs. And if you are positon in one, if you have a to win the game, it is not acceptable. "

On the eve of the previous game against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Fleming had said that he was a new franchise to lose any, as has been accustomed to the new environment has not been a lot of fuss. After four defeats, clear the Giants are in disarray. How does Fleming intend to raise the morale of the locker room? At the moment he is not to be sympathetic to the mood.

"I was quite angry, how things went today so my morale a little boost needs," Fleming said with a wry smile. "I have long enough to know in the IPL to that we sleep on it, tomorrow we have to travel down and then we are back in it.

"It has become quite clear that we are indeed the burden put on always wins not want, we have to get wins. We use all those free life. The last two games, we have got a good chance of winning move have. We just, but there is no doubt, as a new team and try to develop some culture and some camaraderie, but it has a little work. "

Another problem is that Dhoni key lieutenant, R Ashwin, is going through a period of low form. The senior India offspinner has only one wicket so far in five games. Strangely, he has not been able, three of the five to finish his quota of four overs in the last two games and on the season. Against Royal Challengers, Ashwin had one on the left and on Sunday, according to Yadav a six meet each went during the power play, Dhoni does not have to throw the ball back to Ashwin Ashwin in first two overs, which runs for 21st Fleming admitted that Ashwin the bath in the form was affecting the team.

"I thought today was disappointing," Fleming said. "I would have thought that he could have played an important role. But to get in relation to the line in the first six overs, he fought only with the pace in the handle and line he wanted to bowl. So we have to to seek that but if we like the conditions again I think he would admit himself, he can be better. "

Ashwin got exaggerated turn once it started and even delivered wides centrifuging leg in each of his two overs. Yadav said that to be seen to be Ashwin adapted to the pitch and the lines allowed him to calm down. That he lead Spinner dominate the opposition, was not intended, but what has happened when he found balls that he could meet. But Fleming said he did not Ashwin for the Giants off to a poor start in the field would blame.

"There were many turning points," Fleming said. "You can look at a lot of scenarios that, if we let off only the pressure. We would bowl two or three balls in order, and the next two were not good enough. On a pitch [like] you really closed the team should face down.

"You have seen the amount of the train and how difficult it was with the pace of the ball. With this knowledge, I would have expected us to this side closed. Bottom with three spinners and a slow bowler as [Rajat] Bhatia we were good well suited to do. But, the fact that we this is very disappointing, not done. "