<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   After being comprehensively beaten in their opening Indian Premier League fixture, Kolkata Knight Riders&#39; captain Gautam Gambhir Thursday praised Delhi Daredevils by saying they played better cricket.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;After starting off badly, we did play better to set a target of 98. However, Delhi played better and were the deserving winners,&quot; Gambhir said at the post match conference.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He refused to blame the loss either on the toss or the truncated game.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;These things are not in your hand. Of course, we too would have chosen to chase had we won the toss.&quot;u00a0</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   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.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;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,&quot; said Gambhir.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He also hoped South African pacer Merchant de Lange, who gave 36 runs in his 3 overs, will come good in the later matches.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   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.</div>  

KKR Skipper Gautam Gambhir was not too pleased with the way his batting line-up performed against the Daredevils.

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