About man-of-the-match Manoj Tiwary, who scored a 47-ball unbeaten 61 to help his team's cause when wickets were falling at the other hand, Gautam Gambhir said, "He set the game for us. Entire credit goes to him for setting the game for us. He played a good innings."
Gambhir said since they saved 15-20 runs through some terrific fielding, it meant that the opposition had to chase a score of around 160-165 runs."When you start defending the modest totals, it gives you confidence for the games ahead. We defended the target and it has acted like a confidence-booster for us," he said. He also defended Yusuf Pathan, who has been off-colour in this tournament so far. "He has hardly played enough. He is hitting the ball good and till the time, he sticks to our gameplan, he remains a very important member of our scheme of things," Gambhir insisted.
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