I attribute our victory to teamwork: Sai Kishore
Another aspect of Tiruppur's success was the free hand that the skipper got to marshal his resources. At times, he promoted himself at the top of the order to score some runs quickly. 'The team management had confidence in me and gave me a free hand to go about the very handy task. In T20, you have to go by instinct, so sometimes it may work or backfire. Since I had the freedom, most things worked for us,' he said.
TNPL done, Sai Kishore is now off to England for county cricket.
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