http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184 praises captain Rahul Dravid - Cricket News Round-up – April 09, 2012 – Part 2
37-year-old Aussie batsman, Brad Hodge, has praised his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 for his “motivational” attitude when it comes to captaincy.
“He [Dravid] has been very good and motivating his players and also the dressing room atmosphere is very cordial,” said Hodge, who went on to win the Player of the Match award in his teams’ last clash against the Kolkata Knight Riders, for his 44 off 29.
After a season win in 2008 under the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 in their
season opener, they went on to claim a 22-run victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders on April 8 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Pune Warriors’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746, has refused to relax after his team’s 22-run win against the Kings XI Punjab, saying the tournament has only just begun.
“[There is] Still a long way to go in the tournament,” he pointed out. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 finished at number 9 on the points table last season, having won less than half of the matches they played. However, the current season is off to a promising start.
After their 28-run victory over the Mumbai Indians in the season opener, the Warriors continued their winning streak in their most recent match against the Kings XI at the Subrata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium on April 8.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 is likely to be nursing his finger injury for longer than he expected, as he prepares to sit out the Mumbai Indians’ upcoming clash with the Deccan Chargers owing to the injury.
“Finger still not looking good. Had to aspirate blood from my finger twice in 4 days,” he confirmed via Twitter.
The Little Master was hit on the finger by one of Doug Bollinger’s deliveries during the season opener against the Chennai Super Kings. He was forced to retire hurt on 16 during the 9th over of the game, but the Indians went on to win the match courtesy
a 50 off 35 by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-Levi-c2315.
The 38-year-old was forced to sit out the following clash with the Pune Warriors on April 7 (which his team went on to lose), and the persistent nature of the injury means the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians will be without the veteran batsman as they face off against the
Deccan Chargers on April 9 at Visakhapatnam.
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