We are taking games one by one: Yuvraj

14th May 2008

A happy Kings XI Punjab skipper Yuvraj Singh reckoned that his side is not thinking about playing in the final as of now but focusing in the tournament on a ‘one-by-one' basis.

The Punjab team did not start the tournament very well but caught up with the momentum soon after initial losses. Currently, they stand second in the League with six wins out of nine games and twelve points to their kitty.

Yuvraj said that the team's priority was to keep doing well in every game.

"We are not even thinking of the finals at the moment. We want to keep doing well and going to the next round. Final is a long way to go, there are other rounds before that. We are taking it one-by-one," he stated in the post-match press conference after beating Bangalore Royal Challengers by nine wickets on May 12.

He lauded the performances of the bowlers in his team.

"Picking up wickets early - this is what we always wanted to do. Sreesanth and Irfan gave us a good start. VRV Singh bowled a match-winning spell. PC (Piyush Chawla) also picked up wickets. Everything fell in place as we restricted them only to 143 runs," he said.

Sreesanth took a haul of 3-29 whereas Chawla took 2 wickets for 33 runs; VRV Singh bowled superbly by giving only 15 runs and taking a wicket in his four overs.

Australian Shaun Marsh gave an amazing performance from the batting front by scoring 74 off 51 balls.

Yuvraj expressed that he was quite satisfied with the team's performance.

"It is very satisfying. The team is doing well. Things are falling in place. We are taking lot of confidence from this to the next game," he said.

Responding to a query of not batting in the top order, he said, "IPL is not about me hitting six sixes or getting 100 off 40 balls. It is about my team. I am happier if the team is doing well. I am trying to do my best as a batsman. Even if I am getting zeros and my team is winning, I am very happy with that," he said.