Gautam Gambhir content with defiant knock – Cricket News Update
The Kolkata Knight Riders' Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, is content with his match winning knock which helped the Indian Premier League franchise to get their first points in the Champions League's group stage.
In a must win encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore, the skipper played a stupendous knock of 55 off just 31 deliveries ( including 3 fours and 4 sixes), helping the team charge’s of claiming a resounding victory with more than two overs to spare.
Gambhir was happy to get some runs under his belt, which he feels was important for his own confidence. The left-hander, like many of the Men In Blue teammates, had a disappointing tour of England, which was cut short by the concussion he suffered in the
fourth Test Match of the nPower series.
This consequently led him to miss the five limited overs matches along with the qualifying stage of the Champions League. With important series coming up, the player was satisfied with his performance.
"Any runs under your belt is important for your confidence, especially given the amount of cricket that is coming in the future, so it is very satisfying, most satisfying thing was that your runs help your side win," he said.
A defeat against the Bangalore outfit would have meant the end of the team’s chances of progressing to the semi-finals. With two losses already suffered at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 and Redbacks, it left the team with an uphill task of a getting a berth in the
knock-out stage.
However, in a frantic affair, the team easily chased down a fighting target of 170, with 9 wickets intact. This helped their over-all run rate and the skipper was pleased after such a convincing victory.
"We knew we had to win both the games if we had to stay in the competition, and that run-rate would play an important role," Gambhir said after the match. "We reached a stage where we could accelerate, for that we had to set the base and we did it perfectly."
Next up for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861, who are undefeated in the tournament so far.
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