Winning captain Rohit Sharma said, "It was an excellent fightback by each one of them. You don't see a game like this often. We will take lots of confidence from this game as we move forward".

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Despite the unfriendly factors, Kolkata would put out a fierce clash in all way possible to constrain the dominance of Mumbai Indians. 

After conceding the defeat and bracing up to his vained-century, Sanju Samson said, "We thought the wicket was getting better and we could chase the target down. Despite the loss, I think the team played really well."

"We have four more games at this venue and hopefully, we will get used to the square and the dimensions of this ground", Warner added.

As the second match of the season, Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings will be taking on the potential fleet of Delhi on Saturday and the match will be hosted by Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.

Rohit Sharma said, "I thought it was a great effort, great fight till the end. I thought we were 20 runs short with the kind of start we got. We made some mistakes in the first game, bound to happen".

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