Game was played in good spirit says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 –Cricket News Update
Indian skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni stated that the fourth one dayer was played under good spirit, and appreciated the gesture of seamer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
A lot has been talked about the conduct of the respective sides, where earlier pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 was fined 7.5 %( of his match fee) by the match –referee for showing dissent to the standing umpire in the third game of the series.
Dhoni, earlier said that one does not expect a friendly series, but believed the use of verbal intimidation had gone too far, with the captain blaming his opponents for crossing the line.
However, such comments did not go well with Poms head coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362, who said that his team is a role-model for everyone and that they usually set high standards in regards to their sporting conducts.
Flower also backed his pacer, Bresnan and felt that the pacer was treated harshly by the match referee.
In another frantic affair at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, the Men In Blue ran out convincing winners by 6 wickets with the star of the show being Virat Kohli, who played an impressive unbeaten knock of 86. Kohli and Finn again were involved in some verbal exchanges; however,
the English fast bowler later went to apologize to the Indian batsman and Dhoni has shown his appreciation.
"Steve Finn did a good job. He came and apologised to Virat Kohli. He said he did not abuse but was only frustrated as he had gone for some runs," he said.
The Indian skipper also believed the match in general was a good one, considering the conducts of both sides.
"A bit of chit chat is fine. I don't mind that. It makes cricket interesting till it does not become personal. I think the bowlers should not abuse the batsmen and vice versa. Overall the game was good (from this aspect)," he said.
The two teams now head to Kolkata to play the fifth and final One Day International, which will be followed by One-off T20 game, with the tourists still searching for the elusive win.
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