Lee appreciates Indian cricket fans’ love for the sport – Cricket News Update
Australian pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 during his time with the Indian Premier League 2012 champions, the Kolkata Knight Riders.
“It was massive. When we got back to the hotel, there were thousands of people all lined up in the Knight Riders t-shirts, and we played in Chennai,” Lee told
News.com.au, describing the scenes outside the team hotel following their victory in the tournament final.
“It's what you would expect, multiplied by a thousand given how much they love cricket over there. It's over the top,” he added.
The Knight Riders started out as one of the more mediocre outfits in the Indian Premier League since the commencement of the tournament in 2008. However, the team, co-owned by Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447,
who took charge in 2011. Previously having ended each season floundering near the bottom of the points table, the Knight Riders ended the 2011 edition of the tournament in the top four, and the 2012 season culminated in the team being crowned IPL champions.
Despite a somewhat erratic start to the 2012 tournament, the Knight Riders blazed through the second half of the league stage, finishing at number 2 on the points table. The playoffs saw them eliminating the table-topping http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils from the competition,
with an 18-run win. This was followed up with the ultimate victory, as the Gambhir-led side took on defending champions, the Chennai Super Kings, on May 27 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk and emerged victorious, clinching a 5-wicket win which saw
them lifting their maiden IPL title.
The victory trigged joyous celebrations across Kolkata, and an extravagant felicitation ceremony was organised by the West http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bengal-c771 government in honour of the newly crowned champions.
Despite the criticism the fete attracted for being unnecessarily lavish and a waste of time, the KKR players were all praises for the honour, and Lee appreciated the team’s fan following, saying the thing he had enjoyed the most about being a part of the
KKR was the fan frenzy.
“I think the fans are fanatics. They enjoy cricket, they appreciate a good contest,” Lee said.
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