IPL 7: KXIP will revel playing at Eden Gardens against KKR, says Sanjay Bangar

Kolkata Up against the Kolkata Knight Riders in their home ground Kings XI Punjab coach Sanjay Bangar yesterday asserted that a capacity Eden Gardens crowd for todays Indian Premier League qualifier wouldnt be intimidation rather the atmosphere will spur them to revelSanjay BangarWe are looking forward to playing before the Eden crowd Eden Gardens does produce some great cricket because of the crowd and the atmosphere that is created Its good to have that sort of competition that sort of challenge for both the teams and I think we will revel in those conditions Bangar said on the eve of the matchThe two sides have won one game each in their two meetings in the ongoing tourney Bangar praised the Kolkata outfit for making it to the playoffs but said past records wont have any bearingKings XI Punjab players celebrate their win over Sunrisers Hyderabad recently PicPTIKKR were not exactly in the position to be No 2 in the points table but they played some outstanding cricket to be there All the four teams which have qualified for the playoffs have played some good cricket and deserve to be thereBangar was all praise for his young Indian bowlers Our young Indian bowlers who are not really heard off have come of well and delivered for us from that perspective we are very pleased with our bowlingOn the consistent performance of his team which has won 11 of the 14 games to be table toppers Bangar said The key is not to look too far ahead and doing things that we are good at and at the same time try and challenge our own limitations2The number of matches won by Kings XI Punjab at Eden Gardens They lost threeLast match key moments 1152014gt Virender Sehwag gave Kings XI Punjab a rollicking start with his 50ball 72 The opener slammed 11 boundaries including a huge six during his inningsgt Punjab were placed well at 852 in 10 overs but leg spinner Piyush Chawla removed Glenn Maxwell 14 and the dangerous Sehwag to put brakes on the scoring rate Apart from Sehwag no one got going the next highest score was 15 by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman SahaKolkata Up against the Kolkata Knight Riders in their home ground Kings XI Punjab coach Sanjay Bangar yesterday asserted that a capacity Eden Gardens crowd for todays Indian Premier League qualifier wouldnt be intimidation rather the atmosphere will spur them to revelWe are looking forward to playing before the Eden crowd Eden Gardens does produce some great cricket because of the crowd and the atmosphere that is created Its good to have that sort of competition that sort of challenge for both the teams and I think we will revel in those conditions Bangar said on the eve of the matchThe two sides have won one game each in their two meetings in the ongoing tourney Bangar praised the Kolkata outfit for making it to the playoffs but said past records wont have any bearingKKR were not exactly in the position to be No 2 in the points table but they played some outstanding cricket to be there All the four teams which have qualified for the playoffs have played some good cricket and deserve to be thereBangar was all praise for his young Indian bowlers Our young Indian bowlers who are not really heard off have come of well and delivered for us from that perspective we are very pleased with our bowlingOn the consistent performance of his team which has won 11 of the 14 games to be table toppers Bangar said The key is not to look too far ahead and doing things that we are good at and at the same time try and challenge our own limitations2The number of matches won by Kings XI Punjab at Eden Gardens They lost threeLast match key moments 1152014gt Virender Sehwag gave Kings XI Punjab a rollicking start with his 50ball 72 The opener slammed 11 boundaries including a huge six during his inningsgt Punjab were placed well at 852 in 10 overs but leg spinner Piyush Chawla removed Glenn Maxwell 14 and the dangerous Sehwag to put brakes on the scoring rate Apart from Sehwag no one got going the next highest score was 15 by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Sahagt Chasing a modest target of 150 skipper Gautam Gambhir played the anchors role with an innings of 63 not out KKR beat KXIP by nine wickets with two overs to spareChasing a modest target of 150 skipper Gautam Gambhir played the anchors role with an innings of 63 not out KKR beat KXIP by nine wickets with two overs to spare