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[caption id="attachment_41312" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Chris Lynn remained 93 not out against Gujarat Lions on Friday. Image Source: BCCI[/caption] Internet Desk: Skipper Gautam Gambhir and Aussie batsman Chris Lynn have demolished the Gujarat Lions bowling line-up to register a thumping 10 wickets win over Gujarat Lions on Friday. Lynn looked very happy with his performance but the destructive Australian batsman want to continue his momentum in next matches. “That was my role and I'm comfortable with my role. One good innings doesn't make a summer. Hopefully I keep it going. If I can continue this momentum, I'd be very pleased,” said Lynn during the after match presentation ceremony. Lynn was very happy with the Rajkot wicket as the ball was coming on to the bat nicely. “I'm happy just to rotate the strike to Gauti when the spinners are on. Really nice wicket. All the grounds now are producing good flat wickets for the batters,” he added. Skipper Gautam Gambhir remained not out on 76 at the end of the match. Gambhir lauded Lynn for his fantastic display with the bat. The KKR captain added the team management has faith on Lynn and they know what he is capable of. “You can't ask for more. The way Lynn started took a lot of pressure off me. Credit to the bowlers too. To restrict a batting line-up like Gujarat under 200 was fabulous. It's a luxury for any captain to have such spinners. As I said, we all know what Lynn can do. We have to give him a longer run. Hopefully he can continue his form like this and keep smacking it,” Praising his bowlers, Gambhir took at dig at the fielding effort of his team today. "The bowlers also did a fantastic job. I always feel that somebody who can take the ball both ways will be crucial. We have Kuldeep (Yadav), (Piyush) Chawla. "The dropped catches were there - but we need to be proactive in the fielding. We have just one day to recover and we will have to bring our A game against Mumbai in Mumbai," he said. Gujarat Lions captain Suresh Raina said they today missed the services of experienced Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo and the display against Kolkata Knight Riders should be a "learning curve" for the young bowlers of his side. "I think 180 still was a good total. We did not bowl well in the first six overs. The bowling was not experienced and it is a learning curve. They played really good cricket shots. We need to learn from here," Raina said at the post-match presentation ceremony. We missed the experience of Jadeja and Bravo. Jadeja has done really well in T20 format. When you are not bowling well upfront, you need experience, someone like Bravo in the middle." Raina, who top-scored for the hosts with a 51-ball 68 not out, also praised Dinesh Karthik (47) for his contribution. "Dinesh batted really well, he had a good first-class season. Still we have batting depth in the team," he said.