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'We will give ourselves a chance to get into the Final Four'

Despite slumping to their fifth successive defeat on Tuesday, Delhi Daredevils' skipper Mahela Jayawardene is confident of making it to the knockout stage of IPL-6.

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"We will give ourselves a chance to get into the 'Final Four' if we can win the home games. That is something we really have to focus on," he said.

Royal Challengers Bangalore pulled off a nail-biting victory over Delhi Daredevils via the Super Over in a thrilling Indian Premier League match in Bangalore on Tuesday.

'Important that we go forward with a positive frame of mind'

"If I had that option I would have fancied sending Sehwag, but that option wasn't there for me," he said.

Jayawardene said that the Daredevils needed to develop a positive frame of mind.

"We just need to get a few results going our way. We probably tend to make negative decisions. So those are things we need to somehow get rid of from our minds and be very positive. It is important that we go with a positive frame of mind because we got a very good team. The talent is there, the ability is there," insisted the captain.

The former Sri Lankan skipper praised his teammates for fighting back and keeping the team in the game till the end.

'We probably were 10-20 runs short'

"Until 16th over the game was over for us, but with a couple of wickets we could manage to put some pressure on their tailenders. We did not take some good decisions during that period and that is how the game goes," he said."

"We probably were 10-20 runs short. Yes we had a good game but no points," Jayawardene added.

Indian pacer Umesh Yadav bowled the first four balls of the Super Over brilliantly, but gave away two sixes in the last two balls.