England v India: Men in Blue clinch ODI series- Cricket News Update
India romped over England by five wickets to clinch the five-match One Day International (ODI) series. The Indians get an unassailable lead of three games to nil as a result of the victory.
The match which was played at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on Thursday, October 20, 2011 saw the hosts chase down a massive total of 298 set by the visiting English team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 starred for India. Rahane, who was bestowed with Man of the Match honours, scored 91 runs while the latter struck 58.
Considering the series win as a dream come true, Rahane said, “The last few games were not good for me. I practiced hard for this game and I would like to thank the team management. The partnership with Gambhir was crucial and
we decided to hang in there. I decided to play my natural game. It is a dream come true to be part of the winning side.”
Rahane opened the innings for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 and dovetailed perfectly with Gambhir as they
amassed 111 runs for the second wicket, propelling India to 190 for the loss of two wickets from 33.2 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 kept their cool and saw their side over the
finish line with fours deliveries left to play.
Shedding some light on India’s performance in the match, Dhoni said, “It was a very good performance. The openers batted well. The middle order did not bat well. The way Rahane and Gambhir batted was crucial. We lost wickets at
the crucial stage and this will be one aspect where we will work on. The bowling was good but we presented too many boundary options.”
The Men in Blue were all over English team in first two games; however, the tourist stepped up in this game and gave the Indians a run for their money. England will be hoping to do even better in the fourth game of the series which
will be played at Wankhede Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 on Sunday, October 23.
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