Dhoni vows to play attacking cricket against Pakistan – Cricket News Update
Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, without thinking too about the result of the game.
“We’ll go out there and express ourselves without thinking too much about the result,” said Dhoni while speaking to media reporters ahead of their World T20 Super Eight match against Pakistan, at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on Sunday.
“Obviously, we can't do worse than what we did against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, so we should go out there and play freely. Since we have to win two matches, we have no room for complacency,” insisted the Indian skipper.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 were beaten soundly by a rampaging Australia in their opening Super Eight match with a nine-wicket margin, after India could only score 140 for seven in their stipulated twenty overs. Dhoni and his men in blue now need to win Sunday’s fixture against
nemesis Pakistan to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.
Meanwhile the Pakistan T20 skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 is taking heart from the enthralling five-wicket win over the archrivals in a tournament practice match, at the same R Premadasa Stadium, on 17th of this month.
“Since we’ve won against them in the warm-up game, it’ll give us confidence going into the match,” said Hafeez during a media encounter on the eve of the match.
“That victory has been a real morale booster for us and the boys are upbeat and raring to go against India. We’ve played them a lot in the past and that pressure is not there anymore," the Pakistan skipper added further.
India had played five bowlers, three specialist spinners, against Australia in their first Super Eight fixture, on Friday, and the strategy badly backfired on them, as Dhoni and Men lost that match comprehensively by nine wickets. When asked if he would
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to the policy on Sunday, Dhoni said that they would look at the conditions and opposition before finalising their squad for the summit clash.
Pakistan had also played three specialist spinners against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in their first Super Eight encounter against South Africa, which they closely won by two wickets. Hafeez said that though the plan worked well on Friday, they would decide on their combination
for Sunday’s crunch game only after looking at the pitch.
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