{"id":4502,"date":"2012-04-07T14:06:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T14:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=4502"},"modified":"2012-04-07T14:06:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T14:06:24","slug":"gambhir-admits-that-delhi-daredevils-deserved-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=4502","title":{"rendered":"Gambhir admits that Delhi Daredevils deserved to win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/cricket\/sehwag-gambhir.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Gambhir admits that Delhi Daredevils deserved to win\" width=\"250\" height=\"154\" style=\"float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin: 6px;\" \/>Kolkata:<\/strong> Daredevils defeated Kolkata Knight Riders comfortable in the second match of the IPL-5, after the loss KKR\u2019s captain Gautam Gambhir praised Delhi Daredevils by saying they played better cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After starting off badly, we did play better to set a target of 98. However, Delhi played better and were the deserving winners,&#8221; Gambhir said at the post match conference.<\/p>\n<p>He refused to blame the loss either on the toss or the truncated game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These things are not in your hand. Of course, we too would have chosen to chase had we won the toss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gambhir also had words of praise for local boys Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Debabrata Das who played well enough to take the Knight Riders to a respectable total.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In spite of being 34 for 4 we posted a challenging total. Shukla and Das both played well enough. They have been batting well in the nets and they are surely the players to watch out for,&#8221; said Gambhir.<\/p>\n<p>He also hoped South African pacer Merchant de Lange, who gave 36 runs in his 3 overs, will come good in the later matches.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Irfan Pathan, who top scored in the match with a quick fire 42 to become the man of the match, said the wicket in the second half became better for stroke making.<strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/cricket\/sehwag-gambhir.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Gambhir admits that Delhi Daredevils deserved to win\" width=\"250\" height=\"154\" style=\"float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin: 6px;\" \/>Kolkata:<\/strong> Daredevils defeated Kolkata Knight Riders comfortable in the second match of the IPL-5, after the loss KKR\u2019s captain Gautam Gambhir praised Delhi Daredevils by saying they played better cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After starting off badly, we did play better to set a target of 98. 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