If you do the right things, you need less luck: Sangakkara

The Chargers lost their last game against Delhi Daredevils in Hyderabad despite posting a total of 187.

"Its not only about luck, if you do the right things, you need less luck than you would if you are not doing that well."

The Sri Lankan, whose team is placed at the bottom having won just two games from their thirteen outings so far, believed luck favours those who put in extra work.

"Luck is something, I think, the harder you work, the better you do... (then) luck works for you. Sometimes luck can be an excuse, but that's not something we are looking at for what could have gone wrong for us," said Sangakkara on the eve of his team's clash with Kings XI Punjab at PCA stadium here tomorrow.

Punjab have won six from their twelve matches so far and find themselves in a must-win situation.

Asked what went wrong for them in the tournament, the 34-year-old Sangakkara, a veteran of 325 ODIs and 108 Tests, said the team got good totals on the board, "but kept falling short in one department or the other. That's not a pleasant thing. As I have said before, it is important to keep focus and keep winning."

On the lessons drawn from this year's IPL, he said, "we learnt quite a few lessons, especially about our fielding and our catching, which has let us down at big moments... It's also about making sure we are up to the mark and focused in tight situations."

"In T20 cricket, its not easy, a lot of sides have lost close games in the last over or two. I think we have been found wanting in those situations. Tomorrow is another opportunity for us to show that if we do get a situation of strength, we can capitalise." MORE