Daren Ganga Quotations

Since I made my debut in 1999, this team that we've got and the guys we have around, there is a certain uniqueness about the spirit and about the team unity.

Obviously we are disappointed with the loss, the thing about it is that it is the start of the series and we still have another four games to redeem ourselves.

I am elated and I'm sure the guys in the team are happy with our efforts and performances throughout the series.

I thought they (New Zealand) had a solid foundation (224 for 1) to propel themselves to a score of 300 but the (West Indies) slow bowlers played an important part in the game and it is obviously something we'll be taking into our thinking tank, I thought we stuck well in the end after they got off to a good start.

I think we knew that we were the underdogs, and I think that was a great position in which to be coming into a final game, and the guys were up for the challenge from the word 'Go!'. Even from the day before the match, we knew that if we played good cricket, we would come out with the Cup at the end of the day.

It is just unfortunate that we didn't click on at crucial points in games, both in the Test matches and one-day matches.

I think we're just a little bit behind the eight ball at the moment. But I'm sure we're going to improve from here.

We played like a champion team in this match, and it was always our intention to play well in the semi-finals to send a clear signal that we want to do the double. We are at home and we know the conditions well.

We need to ensure we get our one-day game right so that we can use that confidence and go straight into the India series.

We fought really hard, all credit to the bowlers, everybody put in a big effort knowing that we were one bowler short.

We need to go back over the games we've played, try to break it down and see where we went wrong. I think we need to be more mentally tough, a little bit more aware of situations, and close things down when we have teams on the back foot.

It started the very next day when we arrived after suffering five consecutive defeats in our regional one-day competition (in October 2005). And I'm sure every member of the team would agree with me that...it was a tough road to travel.