Kieron Pollard: Emotions are high, emotions are great. The way the guys have performed throughout the entire tournament – you can’t fault them. We’ve had guys coming in and guys going out. Just before the toss, we had an injury as well, and the guys responded pretty well. You can put it down to a bit of everything. It was still a decent batting track. It went on a bit in the second innings because of the dew, which we knew was going to come in. In games like these, on a small ground like this, it’s very important to see what’s in front of you. It’s very hard to defend runs on a small ground. The way we started at the eight-over stage, I knew that if we stuck with it, 140 would have been challenging. If you look at the history of the Knight Riders (talking about 4 overs of spin in the powerplay) and their batters, they like the ball coming onto the bat. In the third and fourth overs when the seamers bowled, their backlifts were higher and they looked more confident. I had to mix and match to get the combination right within the first six overs. In the last two games we played against them, spin came up trumps as well. They’re (Desert Vipers) going to be a challenge. I said after the last game when they beat us that they’ve played tremendous cricket throughout the tournament. We shouldn’t feel sorry for ourselves because of the way they went about it. For us, the pressure is back on them. They haven’t won. We understand what it takes to win. They’ve been to the final a couple of times and faltered. For us, it’s about continuing our process, not getting too far ahead of ourselves, and playing cricket the way we have been playing it. We’ve been here for over six weeks. It comes down to one final game and one final effort.
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