Kings XI Punjab may have won just five of their eleven games so far, but coach Darren Lehmann feels the team has been doing 80 per cent of things right but luck has often eluded them at crucial junctures.
"We have probably played well, 80 per cent of the time in most games..," 43-year-old Australian said addressing a news conference today at the team hotel in Chandigarh.
KXIP, which had its practice session at Sector 16 cricket stadium in Chandigarh today, will meet Rajasthan Royals in a crucial encounter here tomorrow.
Lehmann said they now need to win the remaining five games and make sure they get the remaining 20 per cent of things going right.
Playing on their home turf, KXIP defeated formidable Royal Challengers Bangalore the other night, with young South African import David Miller hitting a sensational 38-ball unbeaten 101 to help his team chase down a stiff target of 191.
Aware of his team's strength as they have won more home games, Lehmann said,"We won an away game and rest are at home, we need to make hay while the sun shines."
Lehmann, who has previously turned out for the Rajasthan Royals and erstwhile Deccan Chargers, saw inconsistency in the batting department which the Punjab team needs to sort out.
"We have got the batters to win the tournament, there is no doubt about that. We've just got to make them make bigger runs. If you look at someone like David Hussey, who has been getting lot of 20s and 30s and he is an experienced T20 player, so we would expect him to get couple of big scores.
"If he comes good at the right time and (with) Adam (Gilchrist) at top of the order or (Luke) Pomsersbach or young Mandeep (Singh), if they can start to click, those probably top four then all of a sudden you got some power and punch in the batting order, that's probably what we have lacked," he said.
