<p>Kings XI, who were languishing in the bottom half of the table with just six points before yesterday's match, stunned the much-fancied Mumbai outfit with a 76-run victory after the hosts managed to put on a competitive 163 on the board at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here.<br /><br />"It was an all-round performance from us. We put up a respectable total though we finished a little bit short of what we had thought," Gilchrist said at the post-match press conference.<br /><br />"The beauty of this (T20) format is that anyone can beat anyone. The win is a tremendous boost for us, more than the fact that it keeps us alive in the tournament.<br />"We have got the foot in that door and hopefully it will keep open," the left-hander added.<br /><br />Lauding his batsmen, the former Australian wicket-keeper said Kings XI had put up a solid batting effort today.<br /><br />Gilchrist pointed out that it was Kings XI's batting that had let the team down in the earlier matches of the tournament.<br /><br />Gilchrist also had words of praise for Mumbai speedster Lasith Malinga, who is the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 26 scalps.<br /><br />"He (Malinga) has come of age. He is the most dangerous T20 bowler. He has a lethal yorker, slipping bouncer and a lot of variation in his bowling," he said.<br /><br />The Kings XI captain was also of the view that the loss won't affect Mumbai much.<br />Asked about Bollywood star and Kings XI co-owner Preity Zinta's motivational speech to the teammates on Sunday after it's loss to Pune Warriors, Gilchrist said, "She is a talented, articulate and intelligent lady. She has full belief in the team's abilities and told us to focus away from the defeats we had suffered and give our best."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians all-rounder Kieron Pollard refused to buy the suggestions that overconfidence has let the team down today against bottom-ranked Kings XI.<br />"No, we were not over confident. We came here to win," he said, adding that it was just one of those days when they played "bad cricket".<br /><br />"Sometimes, it happens and we got to learn from it," Pollard said.<br />Asked whether he is in favour of a window in ICC's Future Tours Programme for the IPL, Pollard said, "It would be great for all the players."<br /><br />Kings XI left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt, who won the man-of-the-match for his impressive figures of four for 22, said he was not overawed by the might of Mumbai Indians' batting line-up.<br /><br />"Praveen Kumar took two key wickets, which helped me later on," he said.</p>
<p>Kings XI, who were languishing in the bottom half of the table with just six points before yesterday's match, stunned the much-fancied Mumbai outfit with a 76-run victory after the hosts managed to put on a competitive 163 on the board at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here.<br /><br />"It was an all-round performance from us. We put up a respectable total though we finished a little bit short of what we had thought," Gilchrist said at the post-match press conference.<br /><br />"The beauty of this (T20) format is that anyone can beat anyone. The win is a tremendous boost for us, more than the fact that it keeps us alive in the tournament.<br />"We have got the foot in that door and hopefully it will keep open," the left-hander added.<br /><br />Lauding his batsmen, the former Australian wicket-keeper said Kings XI had put up a solid batting effort today.<br /><br />Gilchrist pointed out that it was Kings XI's batting that had let the team down in the earlier matches of the tournament.<br /><br />Gilchrist also had words of praise for Mumbai speedster Lasith Malinga, who is the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 26 scalps.<br /><br />"He (Malinga) has come of age. He is the most dangerous T20 bowler. He has a lethal yorker, slipping bouncer and a lot of variation in his bowling," he said.<br /><br />The Kings XI captain was also of the view that the loss won't affect Mumbai much.<br />Asked about Bollywood star and Kings XI co-owner Preity Zinta's motivational speech to the teammates on Sunday after it's loss to Pune Warriors, Gilchrist said, "She is a talented, articulate and intelligent lady. She has full belief in the team's abilities and told us to focus away from the defeats we had suffered and give our best."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians all-rounder Kieron Pollard refused to buy the suggestions that overconfidence has let the team down today against bottom-ranked Kings XI.<br />"No, we were not over confident. We came here to win," he said, adding that it was just one of those days when they played "bad cricket".<br /><br />"Sometimes, it happens and we got to learn from it," Pollard said.<br />Asked whether he is in favour of a window in ICC's Future Tours Programme for the IPL, Pollard said, "It would be great for all the players."<br /><br />Kings XI left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt, who won the man-of-the-match for his impressive figures of four for 22, said he was not overawed by the might of Mumbai Indians' batting line-up.<br /><br />"Praveen Kumar took two key wickets, which helped me later on," he said.</p>