Indian Premier League, cricket team RoyalChallengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli said his team does not mind beingseen as too reliant on Chris Gayle after the West Indian swashbuckler made thedecisive difference in the narrow two-run win over Mumbai Indians in an IPLmatch here.
Gayle, RCB's most prolific run-scorer last season, was his usual aggressiveself as he plundered 92 runs off 58 deliveries, which included 11 fours andfive sixes.
"Obviously Chris has been magnificent for us. He has proved why he is thebest Twenty20 player in the world and also showed us that he does not thinkabout hard hitting, but thinks about the game as well," he said.
"We are not worried about the tag attached to Chris. You can't say this inthe first game of the tournament," he added.
Referring to his and Karun Nair's dismissals, Kohli hinted that umpiring marredhis team's momentum and its chances of scoring in excess.
"I was reading the ball well and feeling good. As I said, a few decisionwhich could have gone our way, did not happen.
When I went in, Chris (Gayle) told me it is doing a bit and I just trustedmyself and wanted to just time my shots.
"The two overs I played, the momentum shifted towards us and when I gotout, the merit went to the other side," he told reporters when asked ifhis departure changed the momentum of the game.
Kohli and Nair were given out leg-before wicket offJasprit Bumrah.
Kohli said he was backing Daniel Christian to bowl a good over and but theAustralian ended up being hit all over the park
"We knew 156 here is not enough to give us a victory by 30 runs and knew abig over is around the corner somewhere.
"There were two dot balls initially and I was backing Dan (DanielChristian) to bowl a good over for us, but he got hit, which happens in thegame, but we came back and I am really proud of the boys," he said.
Dinesh Karthik had thrashed Christian for 24 runs with three sixes and aboundary in the 17th over of Mumbai's innings.
On Bumhra's bowling, Kohli said he is unusual and could be an exciting prospectfor the country.
"We got him under pressure but when I got out he sort of got through thoseovers because the wicket was doing quite a bit. He did pretty well for hisfirst game," he said.