I am glad we are the winning side says Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Cricket News Update
The proud Indian Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, has lauded his players for putting up a another superb show against the English tourists on Monday, after securing a second consecutive win on the proceeding ongoing 5-match One Day International (ODI) home
series.
“I’m glad we’re the winning side, it’s really good. Well, of course, the series in England wasn’t a good one for us, but the team showed character not to lose temper and still be sociable on the field,” Dhoni said during Monday’s post match comments.
Although the Men in Blue are currently leading the series with 2-0, but for Skipper Dhoni, his team’s recent defeat in England seems to still haunt his side, since the wicket-keeper batsman makes some sort of reference when ever commenting on India’s performance.
During India’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, the tourists were handed over a bag of defeats under every stint of their visit.
The streak kicked off with a clean sheet during the Test series, followed by a loss at the one-off Twenty20 (T20) match, and then the final ODI leg, where the Poms dominated with a 3-0 triumph.
As for the teams’ current competition, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 has already marked an imposing reprisal to their preceding rout, evident to which was the side’s win at the series opener, with a massive margin of 126 runs.
However, during the recent second match, the Men in Blue trailed into marking an impressive 8 wickets win, thanks to the superb batting stint delivered by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737.
Opting to bat first, Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 led English squad crawled into piling up a modest total of 237 runs, complements to the side’s middle order which revived the innings after suffering a swift loss of the opening batters.
As for India’s response, with just two wickets loss, the exceptional partnership of Gambhir and Kohli, the hosts cruised into covering up the mark in 36.4 overs.
“I think Gautam played brilliantly, and Virat, we all know, is a stroke player once he sets in. Gautam's innings at No. 3 was crucial; the ball was still moving a bit when he got in,” said Dhoni, lauding the batters for their superb contribution to the team.
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