Daredevils' chance of a recovery is gone for all practical reasons but Jayawardene was not ready to throw in the towel as yet and wants his boys to show more determination.

Virender Sehwag with Mahela Jayawardene. Pic/ AFP

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"If we don't believe that we can qualify, then we should not be playing in the first place. I still believe we can get to six points and then suddenly force ourselves somewhere in the middle of the table.

We have to believe in our abilities. If we have got ourselves in this situation, it's up to us to pull ourselves out of trouble," Jayawardene said in defence of his team, though the answer was far from convincing.

About the margin of defeat, the skipper said, "I thought 160 was a par-score on this track considering the batting line-up CSK had. But we lost a lot of wickets upfront and it became difficult.

We bowled well for a while before MS (Dhoni) came in. But our plans did not work while batting. Also they bowled and fielded well and kept up the pressure on us."

Questions have been raised about the quality of domestic talent in the Delhi set-up but Jayawardene backed the youngsters.

"We have guys like Unmukt who had a good season before IPL and also Manpreet (Juneja) and Kedar (Jadhav) who have batted well. Actually, when we lose, it's very easy to point fingers at certain things. At the end, it's about winning matches," he said.
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