"I don't think it is just the bowling, it is also our batting that let us down a couple of times. We tried to chase 120 and 126 in previous games which we should have won. It is just disappointing to be in the position we are. But I think we played a lot better cricket than where we sit on the table," he told reporters at post-match press conference here.
Asked what advise he had for his bowlers when Chris Gayle was firing on all cylinders, Finch said, "Wow. It was quite hard. The wicket was good. He was just going on fire. Everything he did was right," he said.
Asked if there was any one bowler who might have stopped Gayle, Finch said nothing worked against the Jamaican.
"Even Luke Wright was exceptional under the circumstances, but unfortunately this is the way it is. We just have to try and mix and match. Get an over cheaply somewhere. He (Gayle) was riding six at one point, especially of my bowling, it is just one of those days," he said.
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Replying to a question, Finch said he promoted Yuvraj Singh at Number 3 because the left-hander is as destructive as Gayle at top of the order.
Finch said Pune tried a lot of things with the ball but Gayle took the game away from them.
"It was just a case of one guy who was simply too good for the day. He was phenomenon. He is a phenomenal player. There is not real place where we wanted to bowl him. Just tried to limit the damage, but that did not happen," he said.