Cricket News In Brief – November 5, 2011 - Part 3
Indian Skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has said that his side has put aside the humiliating Test whitewash against England last summer,
and with the upcoming assignment against the West Indian tourists, on Sunday, the Men in Blue will look for a fresh kick off.
Team India will be facing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 led Caribbean in the first Test fixture from the 3-match series, set to kick off at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, on November 6, 2011.
Dhoni also comprehended that the scheduled Test series will pave a new campaign to earn back their Test playing teams’ summit – a title India lost after England clobbered the tourists in a 4-0 series victory.
“We don’t have to bother too much about the rankings. We just have to do well to get back to the top. It is the process to get back to the top spot that we should think about. This series is just the start of the process,” said Dhoni.
Former Pakistani fast bowling great, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292, feels that India’s upcoming series against West Indies will aid the side in structuring a solid Test squad especially with a tough challenge ahead of them in December, when the Men in Blue
will tour Australia for their final Test outing of the year.
The speedster also added that current home competition against the Caribbean roster will allow http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 which slipped the World Test Champions title from their grasp.
However, Akram opined that the estranged spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
Indian Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780, on November
6, 2011.
“It is (Sachin's 100th ton) bound to happen. Hopefully, he gets it here and then we will celebrate and go ahead. What we are thinking as a team is that we want to do well in the series and how we do it. It's important to start the series well. We will let
him (Tendulkar) get his hundred,” said Dhoni.
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