Difficult to score freely on the final day – Cricket News Update
Despite crippling their opponents in less than two hours on the final day, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 admitted that it was difficult to score due to the abundance of turn and spin.
The Men In Blue came a whisker away from completing a series whitewash in over 15 years, however had to settle for a draw in an end to end stuff in the third and final Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
On a dramatic day, the tourists started their innings on 81 for 2, however, could not achieve any authority against the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198, crumbling to just 134 all out.
Chasing a target of 243, the Men In Blue started in fine fashion as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 scored a brisk half-century, helping his team to reach 100-run mark in 20 overs. However, after that Windies spinners took control and bowled precisely in the middle stages.
Bishoo and Samuels instigated a dramatic change in fortunes, where they managed to restrict their opponents while taking key breakthroughs all along, which meant that both teams had to share the spoils. Dhoni admitted that the loss of wickets did not help
their cause, which shifted the momentum throughout the day.
"Most of the batsmen who got out were the ones who were playing shots. I won't say it was very easy. It was quite easy to stay at the wicket, but difficult to score runs. A few of us thought that if we can rotate strike and look for those singles, it will
become a bit easy as the game progresses. But that [attempted singles] really went to the fielders and added more pressure."
While needing just three to win the match from the final over, the hosts felt short and ended leveling the scores after Ashwin was run out on the final ball. Credit must be awarded to the Windies bowling attack, which kept on probing and finally managed
to earn a deserved draw.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 however, was not too concerned by the amount of turn the pitch had to offer and reacted calmly by claiming that he expected his players to handle the pressure.
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