While basking in the glory of their undefeated streak in the UAE, Kings XI Punjab skipper, George Bailey, insists that they cannot afford to relax even after five wins in the Pepsi IPL 2014. Table-toppers, KXIP, begin their India leg of the tournament against the beleaguered Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. “Couldn’t have wished for anything better. Great start there (UAE),” Bailey said ahead of the game. “The tournament is in a few sections for us and this is the second section, so whilst it’s great to have the start we have had, it is almost like starting from scratch again (now) that we are back in India.” Although Bailey hoped KXIP would continue their winning ways, he was realistic in his expectations from his team and admitted that the winning streak would eventually end one day. “Realistically, it is going to be tough because no one has ever gone through undefeated,” he said. “In T20s, it would be nothing short of a miracle. One of Sanjay’s (coach Sanjay Bangar) big thing is to not worry too much about the result and just worry about the way we play. “We have got a brand of cricket that we like to play and we have got some things we like to tick off game by game. And if we are doing that or are close to doing that, then we will be happy as a group. Sometimes, someone from the opposition will play a magnificent game and there is not much you can do about it and that is the nature of T20. You just have got to enjoy that.” Most people would believe that the out-of-form MI pose no major concern to KXIP in their upcoming battle. However, Bailey is aware of the fickle nature of cricket’s shortest format. “In T20, anyone can beat anyone,” he said. “On the day after the final, you can have the winning team play the team that finished at the bottom and the bottom team has every chance to beat them. That is the nature of the game. As I said, the fact that we are back in India will mean a lot of different things. They will be as desperate for a win as we will. So every team starts from zero.” The discussion eventually got to Glenn Maxwell, KXIP’s most brilliant performer this year – who, incidentally was a part of the MI outfit last year, without getting much game-time. Bailey had nothing but praise for his fellow Australian. “You don’t pick your own price and you don’t pick yourself in the team. I don’t think it was his fault how little or how much he played last year. When you see him play, you see the flamboyance and you see the extravagance, but I think if you watch him train, you see a guy who works very hard on his game. There is a lot of thought and a lot of effort that goes into the shots that he plays. “He has to work harder than the rest of us because he has more shots to practice. I have got only two shots and he has got 15. I think besides what the public sees of Maxi, there is also the other side of him that works very, very hard. I think he is starting to see the rewards of that. I think he is starting to turn into the type of cricketer, that all-round cricketer, that we hope will delight us for many, many years to come.” The skipper was also asked about young Indian pacer, Sandeep Sharma, who has held his own among the array of superstars around him. “He has been awesome,” Bailey said of Sandeep. “His bowling has obviously been fantastic. But he is a great kid. Love his enthusiasm, love the way he trains. He is great around the team. I heard some things about how he impressed last year and how he progressed as the tournament went along and grew in stature and confidence; I think we have seen that more and more. Like anyone, he still has got things to work on, but to see that hunger, how much he wants to improve, how much he wants to get better, is fantastic.”