Hyderabad: Happy with the way Sunrisers Hyderabad defended a small total of 126 runs against Pune Warriors at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Friday, Sunrisers's skipper Kumar Sangakkara said that he was proud of his team but there was a lot of scope for improvement.

Speaking during the post match presentation, Kumar Sangakkara said, "I think we spoke about in the dressing room about competing hard and scrapping through worked out in the middle. I am proud of the boys. We did well in the second half, but we were a few runs short while batting first. We can probably play a lot better than this and we need to keep our feet on the ground. It means a lot for this a new team. I would also like to thank the fans."

The losing captain, Angelo Mathews of Pune Warriors said that they were a bit slow to start the chase. "We started off brilliantly and the bowlers bowled well to keep them to less than 130. We were a bit slow to start the chase. Lessons are learnt and we need to move on. We have got 15 more games and I have the confidence in my team."

Meanwhile Amit Mishra, who was given the man-of-the-match award for his 3 for 19, said, "I am very happy with the way I bowled, I went for wickets and got success. There was a little bit of turn in the pitch and so I went for the wickets. We were short of some runs and we had no other option but to go for wickets."

By ISN