JOHANNESBURG: Royal Challenger Bangalore captain Anil Kumble on Tuesday said taking one game at a time and not thinking too much about their position in IPL table has helped them do well and be in the hunt for a semi-final spot.
"We took one game at a time. We did not look at the table, where we stand and what will happen. We just went out to play to win a game of cricket. That has helped (our team)," Kumble said after his side's seven-wicket victory over table toppers Delhi Daredevils.
He praised South African Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Praveen Kumar for playing big roles in winning the match.
"I am happy to win the match. Everybody chipped in and the partnership between (Jacques) Kallis and (Rahul) Dravid helped up to win the match. The early wickets taken by Praveen (Kumar) helped us chase a smaller total," Kumble said.
Delhi captain Virender Sehwag rued that the early wickets in their innings did them in.
"We did not get a good start. We lost two wickets in the first over. May be we were a bit relaxed having already qualified for the semi-finals. We will pick up ourselves and try and win the next game," he said.
"We have to have a good start. AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne (Dilshan) and (Dinesh) Karthik are in form in the middle order so me and Gautam (Gambhir) will have to fire. That his is the only concern for us before the semifinals," he added.
Asked about his poor form in the tournament, having aggregated just 109 runs from nine innings, Sehwag said, "I am not worried about my form. I am just one innings away from getting back to form. May be I will return to form next game."
Man-of-the-match Kallis said in big games like today's senior players will have to raise hands and deliver and he was happy to do that.
"In big games senior players will have to come through. I did that today I am happy. The boys are settled now. In between we had four straight losses but we have come back from that and the boys are confident," he said.
On the 70-run partnership for the second wicket with Rahul Dravid, Kallis said, "The wicket was a bit slow and we thought if we keep wickets intact we would be able to score later. A 150-plus score would have been a different story."
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"We took one game at a time. We did not look at the table, where we stand and what will happen. We just went out to play to win a game of cricket. That has helped (our team)," Kumble said after his side's seven-wicket victory over table toppers Delhi Daredevils.
He praised South African Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Praveen Kumar for playing big roles in winning the match.
"I am happy to win the match. Everybody chipped in and the partnership between (Jacques) Kallis and (Rahul) Dravid helped up to win the match. The early wickets taken by Praveen (Kumar) helped us chase a smaller total," Kumble said.
Delhi captain Virender Sehwag rued that the early wickets in their innings did them in.
"We did not get a good start. We lost two wickets in the first over. May be we were a bit relaxed having already qualified for the semi-finals. We will pick up ourselves and try and win the next game," he said.
"We have to have a good start. AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne (Dilshan) and (Dinesh) Karthik are in form in the middle order so me and Gautam (Gambhir) will have to fire. That his is the only concern for us before the semifinals," he added.
Asked about his poor form in the tournament, having aggregated just 109 runs from nine innings, Sehwag said, "I am not worried about my form. I am just one innings away from getting back to form. May be I will return to form next game."
Man-of-the-match Kallis said in big games like today's senior players will have to raise hands and deliver and he was happy to do that.
"In big games senior players will have to come through. I did that today I am happy. The boys are settled now. In between we had four straight losses but we have come back from that and the boys are confident," he said.
On the 70-run partnership for the second wicket with Rahul Dravid, Kallis said, "The wicket was a bit slow and we thought if we keep wickets intact we would be able to score later. A 150-plus score would have been a different story."
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