Any win in India is a huge win – Kevin Pietersen – Cricket News Roundup – Part II – November 26, 2012
Thrilled after guiding England to a comprehensive ten-wicket win over India in the second Test in Mumbai, with a stunning 186-run knock, prolific England batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 has said that any win against the Men in Blue at their backyard is huge.
England made a stunning comeback from the nine-wicket crushing in the series opener at Ahmedabad, handing India a ten-wicket thrashing in the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. MS Dhoni’s longing for turning tracks backfired on the hosts as England spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024 scythed through the Indian batting line-up returning with career best figures of 11 for 210, to help his side register a ten-wicket win.
"Any win in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 batsman, who smashed a stunning 186, sharing a record 206-run partnership with skipper Cook (122), to set the platform for the massive win. "But we’re not going to get ahead of us, that is for sure. Last week we got hammered and this week we turned it around," he added further.
England skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 has said that his side would not get carried away by the ten-wicket win in Mumbai and would go to Kolkata aiming to win the match and take a 2-1 lead in the series.
The left-handed England opener once again led his side from the front smashing 122 and 18 not out, to help his side square the series 1-1, with a 10-wicket win on Monday. He, however, warned his side against complacency in the remainder of the four-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and men.
"We’ve set the series out really well. We have got two games to go now and it is level. It is a really good performance…we are not getting too carried away," said Cook at the post-match press conference.
The BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla conceded on Monday that the English spinners made better use of the turning conditions in the second Test in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, which the hosts lost by ten wickets.
"It is sad. After the victory in Ahmedabad the batting line-up could not perform the way it should have. It was a turning wicket and English spinners performed better," said Shukla while speaking to media reporters after India’s ten-wicket crushing at the hands of England in the second Test in Mumbai, on Monday.
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