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Heaping praise on the Kolkata Knight Riders' bowling unit after a comfortable six-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils, skipper Gautam Gambhir said he was relieved to make a winning start in the IPL -- something that had not happened in the last two years.
"We don't want to be in a situation where we would be desperate for points. I am pretty comfortable with the performance," Gambhir said in the post-match conference yesterday.
"After two years, we have points on the board straightway. It's very nice to start on a winning note. We have not done that since I took over as KKR captain," a relieved Gambhir added.
Gambhir said Brett Lee (2/40) brought the IPL 6 alive with his first-ball dismissal, while man-of-the-match Sunil Narine (4/13), Rajat Bhatia (2/23) and Laxmipathy Balaji (1/20) contributed well in bundling DD out for 128.
"It was a dream start. Never thought we would get such a start. It just set the tone. It woke up everyone," the skipper said about Lee's first-ball dismissal.
A captain's moves won't click "if he doesn't have quality players in the side."
"It is the players who execute the plans... I have always maintained that there are quality players in the KKR side and they can pull off a win from any given situation. I credit the entire team for the win, especially the bowling department," he said.
