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Now I love this game of cricket: Neeta Ambani
Kolkata, May 25
Ecstatic at the Mumbai Indians
becoming the IPL champions for the second time, team co-owner Neeta
Ambani has admitted she had no idea of the game when the IPL began but
now she loves the sport.
"During IPL one and two, I did not
understand the game at all. But now I love this game of cricket and I
love all the fans who come and support Mumbai Indians in huge number,"
said Neeta after her team trounced Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs at the
Eden Gardens here on Sunday.
With the Rohit Sharma led side
making a remarkable turnaround after starting off disastrously, Neeta
said she started to belief of becoming the champions yet again after
they beat Chennai Super Kings in the first qualifier to enter the
finals.
"For us every match has been like a final as we had to
win every match. But when we won the last match in Wankehede, that's
when we had the belief that we can win," said Neeta dedicating the IPL
victory to the fans of the team.
Son Akash Ambani credited the players and the support staff for the win.
"We
put a lot a lot of effort to make sure we had the right balance of team
and have lot of options.A But nine wins out of ten matches is
absolutely fantastic. Full credit goes to the boys and the whole team
together,a he said.