Gambhir praises the Indian team as they continue the winning streak against New Zealand
India’s new captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 now leads the five match One Day series
with two-nil.
Gambhir called the eight wicket win a team effort and said that the players were looking forward to record a clean sweep against the Kiwis.
Gambhir, however, was not short of praises for himself as he had an unbeaten 138 runs just of 116 balls. The man of the match played an important role in registering the win.
The Black Caps set a fierce target of 259 runs as Martin Guptill (70 runs) and Scott Styris (59 runs) made half centuries.
The stand-in captain in the absence of a resting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424 who himself made 64 runs, did not found it hard to pile up the runs within 50 overs as India celebrated the win in 43 overs.
“To get my first century as captain is special but to win the match is even more special,” the young captain said. He also told the media in a post match conference that he “felt that the pitch was improving with each ball.”
Yet, the jubilant skipper was quick to laud his side’s bowlers, especially mentioning http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shanthakumaran-Sreesanth-c89725 who took four wickets on a fairly flat wicket.
Another bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Praveen-Kumar-c82600, however, did not perform up to his ability in the two matches yet the Captain retreated to back Nehra saying that “every bowler has an off day and Ashish is an experienced campaigner,” concluding
that “one can always have a bad day.”
The very diplomatic Gambhir also praised the Kiwis applauding their batting but conceded that the Indian bowling was better. Though, he warned the team that they must not take the next game easy and keep up with the momentum of winning.
The next match would be played at Vadodara on 4th December; Saturday as the defeated captain Daniel Vettori blamed the bowling department of New Zealand.
He shrugged off the rumours that the team is lacking in all departments as they recorded their seventh one day defeat in a row. He praised the Indian captain innings saying that it was one of the best innings he has seen in a long time in his international
career.
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