Dhawan is an asset to us, says Hyderabad coach Tom Moody – Cricket News Update
Hyderabad coach Tom Moody on Thursday lavished praise on promising top order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 lad was an asset to them. Dhawan, 27, played a spectacular knock of 73 not out to help the debutants win their match against Mumbai Indians comprehensively by seven wickets.
"He (Dhawan) is a class player. He is an asset to us. If you get a top order player play right through the end, that to me is very important," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-Masson-Moody-c93654 said while speaking to media reporters after his side’s comfortable seven-wicket win over a formidable Mumbai side.
Moody was also very happy that his players were able to execute the game plans both in batting as well as bowling and credited the victory to team effort.
"I am pleased the way we played. Last few weeks, we are trying to complete our game. We knew that our batting needed to improve. The way our players responded today, I could not have asked for more, particularly in such an important game against Mumbai," said the Hyderabad coach at the post-match press conference here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 on Wednesday night.
"We talk about the plans and actually executing them on the field. Today, we managed to do that. We talked about finishing off innings, the death bowling was good," the home coach went on the add.
After opting to bat first, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mishra-c871 also picked up two wickets.
In reply, Dhawan shared crucial partnerships with Kumar Sangakkara and Hanuma Vihari to take his side home comfortably, with seven wickets and two overs to spare. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moody-c77690 also expressed his happiness over the two crucial partnerships Dhawan shared with Sangakkara and Vihari.
"We got two good partnerships tonight. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 batted really well. Vihari also responded very well. It was not a one man show. Those two important partnerships gave us the convincing win," he said.
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