Chasing a target of 183 for victory, Chris Gayle came up with a phenomenal hitting, followed by brilliant batting at the rear by Saurabh Tiwary (not out 36) and AB de Villiers (not out 33) that helped Bangalore beat Pune by six wickets last night.
"AB and Saurabh played out of their skins to get required 21 runs in last over. But I thought it was well set up by Gayle," said Uthappa at post-match press conference here.
Uthappa also said that the Pune were 15 runs short on a good batting track.
"The whole team thought we were 10-15 runs short as Bangalore is known for good batting track. If a team had wickets till the end, it could surely reach the target."
The wicketkeeper-batsman said that Pune Warriors had a plan for Gayle as they knew his ability to turn the game around in one or two overs but by the time they could get him out the damage was already done.