England batting was yet to click on Indian soil says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 – Cricket News Update
Having marked a clean sheet at the just-concluded 5-match One Day International (ODI) series against the English tourists, the proud Indian Skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has admitted that the Poms still stand out as a talented side, but their batting department was yet to click on the Indian soil.
“I remember them as a very strong side and they can give you the punch with a good bowling unit. But they need to click as a batting unit. It’s just that they have not done well in India,” said Dhoni during Tuesday’s series finale, post match conference.
The Skipper also admitted that that though the whole affair was not meant to be a reprisal against the tourists but looking at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, the side has never been much effective.
During India’s last outing in England, the tourists had suffered a replica of what they delivered to the Poms on their home-turf. The routed Men in Blue returned home with a bag of defeats across all formats, starting off with a 4-0 defeat at the opening Test leg of their tour, followed by a loss at the only Twenty20 (T20) match, and finally a 3-0 hammering at the eventual ODI spell.
In addition, the Indian visitors even earned the tag of being an injury stricken roster, since a number of the team’s senior players were omitted from the line-up after suffering a streak of injuries.
However, the side has now paid its debts against the Poms, securing a worthy series title, which has also rewarded the Indian roster with a third position on the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 ODI rankings.
As for their recent outing in Kolkata; in what had been previously labelled as a ‘revenge’ series against England, the Men in Blue snatched a 95 runs triumph against the Poms on Tuesday, at the fifth and final ODI bout, complements to the Skipper’s solid undefeated contribution of 75 runs, which aided the hosts to pile up a competitive chase of 272 runs against the opponent.
With the remaining damage been delivered by the side’s young spinners, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238, the Poms were finally reduced to fall 95 runs short of the chase.
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