Cricket News-in-Brief - September 19, 2011 – Part 4
New Zealand’s all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JEC-Franklin-c1684 was confident of a good show in the Champions League Twenty20.
He will be representing the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians (MI).
Franklin stated that the conditions in Subcontinent will be tougher for him, but he had been training hard to do well in the tournament. He played a decent role for his team in the IPL season 4 and aimed at delivering the same result in the CL-Twenty20.
However, the Kiwi player was disappointed at losing star player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 from the tournament. The veteran batsman will be unable to take part in competitive cricket due to a toe injury.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011.
The team failed to win even a single game on the tour.
According to Ashwin, luck did not favour the Indian team at all. There were quite a lot of injuries to key players and rain affected the tourists more than the home side.
The wily spinner was unhappy with the criticism on the Men in Blue. He said that World Champions deserve a lot more respect even though they failed to live up to the expectations of the entire nation.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 will not be a part of the team on the Indian tour.
The star batsman had been rested for limited-over cricket after the four-match Test series against India.
However, Flower stated that Pietersen had a wrist injury which kept him out of action, but he will be available for selection once the team tours India.
The Zimbabwean further stated that England were aiming to defeat India on their home soil as well, which will be a challenging task.
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 has stated that the biggest challenge for England will be to win in Subcontinent.
The team recently dominated India in all three formats of the game, but on the British soil.
However, Wasim believes that England will have to prove their dominance in Asia in order to claim that they are the best in the business.
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