Injury may have ruled out their in-form opener Kumar Sangakkara, but Kings XI Punjab skipper Yuvraj Singh on Friday said his team had the balance to remain unaffected by the Sri Lankan’s absence from Saturday’s IPL match against Chennai Super Kings in Chennai.Speaking to the media in Chennai after the team’s practice session, Yuvraj said Sangakkara would take at least another week to recover from an injury that he did not specify.The Sri Lankan has been the Kings XI batting mainstay having top-scored with 203 runs (94 highest) from six matches.“However, we have a balanced team with a strong batting line-up and we hope to do well against the Super Kings tomorrow,” he asserted.Yuvraj’s team has had a good tournament so far with five successive wins against losses in the first two matches.“It’s all the in the past and how we play well tomorrow is what matters. Initially, we took time to get used to each other.“After we lost the first two games, we sat down and assigned roles to each player and worked out a strategy. We have a fairly good combination now,” he said.Yuvraj also refused to speak on the opposition team and said his side would “focus on their own strengths rather than think about the strategies the Super Kings might adopt.” Kings XI coach Tom Moody echoed Yuvraj’s views and said the Punjab team had the right balance.“I am happy with the balance of the team and we have a good all-round strength. We will be naming the playing eleven tomorrow,” he said.
