India out-skilled us, admits England’s skipper Alastair Cook - Cricket News Update
The Indians were finally able to secure their first win over England in 2011, as they thrashed the tourists by 126 runs in first game of the five match One-Day series played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, the skipper of England's ODI team, was devastated after the loss. However, the leader of Poms showed great sportsmanship and admitted the fact that Indians out-skilled them in every department of the game and deserved
to win.
Acknowledging the Indians for the win, Cook said, “I think 260, 270 would have been a good total on that wicket. It was an important toss to win because we saw at the end that the ball kept low, but fair play to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, they out-skilled
us in all three departments. We're going to have to learn from this, and that's the beauty of a five-match series.”
Indian spinners caused major damage to English batting line-up. The Men in Blue played two spinners, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228, in their outfits and they shared six wickets between them.
Cook noticed that his players seem to struggle against spin and has therefore set is focus on overcoming the deficiencies found with the English ranks.
The skipper said, “We know that (playing against spin) is an issue, and that's a skill thing. We're going to work hard on that in the next couple of days. We're going to have to do this now in tough conditions, we need to stay
very tight, very strong as a team, analyse where we went wrong and put things better.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 some rest in this match but after this dismal batting performance, 174 all out, they may draft him back into the playing XI.
The toss went India’s way and Indian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, decided to bat first on a wicket that seemed to favour batting.
Dhoni’s decision proved to be fruitful, as Men in Blue posted a daunting 300-run total on the board. The wicket-keeper batsman found form when it most mattered and played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs, for which he was bestowed
with the Man of the Match honours.
The England side has a rest of two days before they once again lock horns with the Indians. The second match of the series will be played at Feroz Shah Kotla cricket stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780.
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