Gap was good for our players: Jayawardene

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Press Trust of India Durban
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 5:33 AM IST

Delhi had defeated IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders on October 13 and face impressive Auckland Aces tomorrow.

"It's been good (gap). An unusual gap for us [though]. We just needed to make sure that we had a couple of good practice sessions, boys had a bit of free time for as them as well. For some guys it is good because, they had played a lot of cricket so it's bit of a breathing space," Jayawardene said.

"But once we start playing we know that we have three back to back matches. So, the focus has been to make sure that we prepare ourslves for that. It is a big game for us tomorrow and we can't take anything for granted," he added.

Delhi are second in the Group A points table behind Titans and Jayawardene said if they perform well, everything else will fall automatically.

"What is important is that we go out and perform what we do day in and day out so that

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First Published: Oct 18 2012 | 7:15 PM IST

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