Kolkata Knight Riders' head coach Jacques Kallis talks to his boys during a training session at Eden Gardens on Friday. Pic/PTI

Dinesh Karthik's blinder at the Nidahas Trophy T20 final just didn't propel Team India to an unlikely title-triumph but would have also put him in the right space before the onerous task he is saddled with. Asked to fill the big boots of Gautam Gambhir at the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the calm and fearlessness 'DK', displayed during that eight-ball 29 and did his bit in buttressing belief in his leadership as KKR launch a new chapter at IPL-11 here today.