Skipper Virat Kohli said the manner in which his side beat Delhi Capitals will give Royal Challengers Bangalore "the confidence to pull off a game from any situation" in the IPL play-offs.
It was Rahul Tripathi, who eventually saved his team the blushes with a six off Ravichandran Ashwin in the final over, which sealed KKR a place in the final against Chennai Super Kings.
The US team fought back brilliantly after being trounced in Round 1 by India to win the second and the Blitz tie-break 4.5-1.5, emerging victorious in an exciting semi-final in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Tuesday.
Bumrah dismissed India team mate Shikhar Dhawan with a swinging yorker and sent back rival captain Shreyas Iyer, Delhi's top-scorer Marcus Stoinis and Daniel Sams to claim 4-14 and the man-of-the-match award.
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded that his side failed to perform to potential after an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League match in Sharjah on Friday.
Ganguly said he is happy that India skipper Virat Kohli as well as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have agreed on a historic first at such a short notice.
Sourav Ganguly emphasised the need for playing day/night Tests to attract more spectators to stadiums.
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But once Surya (33 off 27) was dismissed by Bishnoi in the 17th over -- MI at 105-2 -- they could just not lift the tempo.
The wicket at Chepauk has played slow but Rohit said they were 20-30 runs short.
'I think the longer boundary helped him gain some confidence with his yorker,' said RCB skipper Virat Kohli, at the post-match presentation ceremony
'We had Miller and Morris, but I thought it was tough. The boys did really well to get over the line.'
'The wicket did not seem to get slower, visually it looked a really good wicket, Warner and Bairstow played the conditions really well, they ran the twos really well. I think the wicket got slightly better in the second innings, which is disappointing for us. We wanted to chase, we felt there will be dew, but no excuses from us, we were just outplayed.'
According to Shreyas Iyer, the other major moments of the game were Deepak Chahar, who took a record breaking six-wicket haul including a hat-trick, taking two wickets in his first over and rookie Shivam Dube dismissing a well set Mohammad Naim and Afif Hossain off consecutive balls in the 16th over.
Punjab bowlers gave nothing away, especially after taking out Hyderabad opener Jonny Bairstow (1 off 6) in the second over. With their middle order getting few chances to bat in this IPL, it was going to be a task for them to get going.
Iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar feels that due to early sunset, bowlers are getting help off the pitch, which didn't happen during the first phase.
The hamstring is absolutely fine, opener Rohit Sharma declared, allaying concerns over his fitness by returning to lead Mumbai Indians following a two-week injury lay-off because of which he was not named in India's squad for the tour of Australia.
The pink ball Test is still a few days away but Kohli, on the eve of the series-opener, was busy answering questions related to the second Test starting November 22.
Suryakumar Yadav says he is flexible enough to bat at any position but was delighted to get the opportunity to bat at No 3, where he hit a match-winning half-century for India in the fourth T20I against England in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
'It was a tough wicket, we were 10-15 runs short of the par score, there was a lot of dew and we showed a lot of character to drag the match to the last over.'
Ashleigh Gardner scored an unbeaten 33 as Australia beat England by eight wickets to win the Women's World Twenty20 title.
'We've Tested the ball in very rough conditions. But having grass on the wicket is very important for the colour to last longer'
India will look to clinch the series albeit with a more impactful batting performance from the middle-order in the second T20 International in Ranchi on Friday.
"There has always been one point in the three games were we haven't been a better team. Losing the first three games you probably would say we can't (take positives), but we are trying to and there is no point in looking back...Because if we lose 4-5, it's going to be really tough to come back from that," he said.
India will play their first-ever Day/Night Test match against Bangladesh in Kolkata later this month.
'We have almost got too many batting options at the moment, so that's why I say we were a little bit muddled with what we're sending out.'
Dhoni's men will have to adapt to the conditions quickly to avoid any such hiccup in the play-offs.
Peter Handscomb was also happy with the fact that Australia have been able to chase down big totals in the tour irrespective of formats.
India would be looking to sort out issues such as the opening blues, the middle-lower order conundrum and also the bowling strategies during the three-match T20 series against West Indies.
Shardul Thakur's bowling in the 17th and 20th overs swung the game India's way.
The Knight Riders finished their league campaign with a 60-run victory over Rajasthan Royals to get into the top four with 14 points. However, their net run-rate of -0.214 could be an impediment towards qualification.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday said it is hard to 'keep up' with the younger players in the squad but claimed it will be a big positive for him if he manages to keep up with his fitness.
Former Test pacer Aaqib Javed said that Shaheen Shah Afridi's burst of two wickets with the new ball and Hasan Ali's one wicket put India on the back foot and they never recovered after that.
Having lost the third ODI to Sri Lanka, Shikhar Dhawan's men will be looking to go one better against Sri Lanka with a T20 team that is ahead in almost all departments.
Luckily, the KKR skipper had wife Dipika Pallikal, the international squash player, also dealing with the situation and he drew inspiration from her.
The top five includes Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav; both reminding the Indian selectors that they can still be formidable magicians.
'We've seen significant change in batting and it's worth it to give him that extra bit of time'
Outgoing head coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli, who will lead the country for one last time in the shortest format, would aim to finish India's underwhelming T20 World Cup campaign on a positive note with a victory over Namibia in the team's final Super 12 match here on Monday.
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"Maxi has taken to this team like a duck to water. AB loves the team and they were the difference today," Kohli said, at the post-match presentation.
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