Cricket News in Brief – February 15, 2012 – Part 2
Indian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, the side would have easily won the match in the ongoing tri-national series in Australia.
"A wrong call cost us the game. I was wrong in calling Gautam for a single and he got run out," a visibly disappointed Dhoni said after the match ended in a tie.
Needing 237 runs to win the match, India were in a comfortable position before Gambhir, who was on 91 got run out after Dhoni gave a wrong call for a run.
However, the Indian skipper then stayed unbeaten as he crafted a resounding innings to avoid an obvious defeat, ending the game in a draw.
Dhoni admitted that Sri Lankan pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540, was extremely difficult to hit in the last over which prevented India the win.
“Malinga is very consistent. It is very difficult to hit him with his slinging action,” said the Indian skipper.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on Tuesday in a draw.
“We are not finishing games off. The way we are making mistakes, I want the boys to bring more focus and be ruthless in finishing games off against these top two (Australia and India) teams," said Jayawardene.
Jayawardene was recently appointed as the captain of the Lankan side after they showed poor form in recent months under the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691.
Pakistan middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325, believes his side is capable enough to bounce back in the ongoing four-match one-day series against England after they suffered a heavy loss in the series opener by 130 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the three-Test series, were completely outplayed in the first One Day International (ODI).
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 thinks it is not the right time to panic and said, “I hope there is no panic. We should not panic because we have not batted badly in the last four five matches, so we need to try our best and put Monday's performance behind us."
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