Devendra Bishoo elated at match-winning performance against Pakistan in one-off T20 tie: Cricket News
West Indian leg-spin bowler, Devendra Bishoo, who took four wickets to plot Pakistan’s demise in the one-off T20 match at Gros Islet, St. Lucia, has stated that it was his confidence that gave him the wickets at crucial stages of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s chase on a tricky
wicket.
Bishoo spoke to the media at the end of the match. He claimed that playing the World Cup had helped him a great deal as he learnt the nuances of playing at the highest level under intense pressure. Bishoo added that he was backing his skills in the game
and had hoped to weave a web around the Pakistani players and was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arthur-Percival-Day-c45927 that he succeeded in doing so.
"My self-confidence helped me a lot from World Cup up to now," Bishoo said. "This is just the starting point of my career and I am enjoying my cricket. Everybody is a normal cricketer and that's the way I go about thinking about it.
I just back myself and do whatever I do best."
The right-arm leg-spinner was on top of his game, he claimed four wickets, including that of Pakistan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sahibzada-Mohammad-Shahid-Khan-Afridi-c87933 whose scalp was a big blow for the tourists.
Bishoo was in his elements from the outset and landed the ball on the right spot making the batsmen prod for runs. He was economical also at the same time conceding only 17 off his four overs.
He stressed that his aim was to chain the batsmen and make life tough for them on a wearing wicket. Pakistani batsmen found the going tough and hit only a solitary six in their innings compared to a plethora of boundaries that were
hit in the West Indian innings.
"We set a target of 151, which we could have worked with, and capitalized on it. When I came on to bowl, I just tried to contain the batsmen. I varied my pace as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 wickets. I
always back myself to do well against the batsmen I come up against. When I came on to bowl I knew the team needed a good performance. I just tried to use my variations and changes of pace."
The amiable http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 man has high hopes after his first performance at home. He hopes that he would make a real impact in the years to come and become an integral part of the team.
Bishoo would like to ensure that he becomes a mainstay of the West Indian attack and leads the spin department which has been the bane of the Islanders for the last many years.
The match at St.Lucia was his maiden appearance at home besides his debut in the shortest format of the game; he now hopes that he ends up as a great of the game and a 'great cricketer for West Indies'.
Meanwhile Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wood-c98110 on the men from Caribbean in the 50 overs format off late.
In the World Cup quarter-final last month the Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 triumphed by 10 wickets, the Pakistani bowlers weaved a spell around the West Indians rolling them over for a paltry 112 run total.
In reply the opening pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 took the team home with an assured spell of batting which was unlike the usual Pakistani pairs at the top of the innings.
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