Alastair Cook feels proud after beating India – Cricket News Update
After a historic series victory against India at the their home soil, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, the England captain, is overjoyed at his team’s performance and expressed that it is a proud moment for him.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and company in all departments of the game to clinch the series by a margin of two games to one.
The series was the left-handed opening batsman’s first as the official captain of the country’s Test team. Cook rose to the occasion and performed out of his skin on the tour, scoring 562 runs in four matches at a stunning batting average
of more than 80 runs per innings, including three consecutive hundreds at Ahmedabad, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 and Kolkata.
The English batting struggled in the initial stages of the series but Cook held them together and was named as the Player of the Series for his outstanding contribution.
The cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 is delighted with the way his side bounced back after being hammered in the first Test and said that the boys gave their hundred percent, making him a proud captain.
While expressing his views in the post-series presentation ceremony after the Nagpur Test, the gutsy cricketer took the opportunity to thank his teammates, team management and the supporters, who travelled all the way to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 to back
the Poms.
“After Ahmedabad, the heavy defeat, it's been a fantastic response. In my first series as captain, I couldn't have asked for more, it's a very proud moment,” the England captain said. “Our bowlers have been brilliant and all the batsman
contributed. It's always nice when it goes well, can't praise the team, the squad enough, the backroom staff but also the fans, the Barmy Army and the India supporters as well.”
It is indeed a great victory for the English team as the analysts were predicting a one-sided affair for Dhoni’s men before the series. However, Cook and company showed extreme professionalism and delivered the goods in conditions which
are alien to them.
The two-match T20 series between the two teams begins from December 20, at Pune.
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