Cricket coach Mehndi Sheikh is impressed with the leadership skills of his IPL winning Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir and praised him for the way he lived up to the challenge of captaining a side with players from different countries. Former coach of Yusuf and Irfan praised Gambhir for his fighting qualities and also for his ability to make the dressing room atmosphere stress free with banter. However he is dejected with the performance of Yusuf Pathan who failed to impress.