http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 v West Indies – 4th ODI – Match Preview
After a thrilling maiden victory, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 now gear up to take the Indians in the 4th ODI, which will be played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, December 8, 2011.
To the relieve of tourists skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, his side finally managed to conjure up a much needed win against a formidable hosts, which finally fell short to end their 12 -game unbeaten home streak.
The 3rd ODI had a pretty similar pattern, where again the Windies batting lineup faltered. However, to their credit most of the top order got starts, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 scoring a decisive contribution of a half-century. Just as it looked that
the tourists would falter to a sub-par total, up stepped Sammy and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235, who added a significant stand of 79 for the sixth wicket, ensuring that their innings finished in emphatic fashion.
The tone was again set by the Windies bowling attack which had the Indians struggling at 105 for 6, where it needed another sublime knock from Rohit Sharma (95) to keep the hosts in the hunt. However, with him perishing courtesy of a suicidal run-out, the
momentum shifted in favour of their opponents, who for once managed to hold their nerves and get their first win.
The scenes at Ahmedabad have perfectly setup the 4th ODI at Indore, where both teams will be looking to fight for respective honors. The Men In Blue have plenty to address when it comes to their faulty batting line, where the main culprits have
been stand in skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447.
Both went for a first ball duck in the previous game and with them not clicking, it puts pressure on the likes of Sharma and the inexperience lower order. Also, Suresh Raina’s abysmal run with the bat has continued and he for one will be looking to turn
around his bad form.
With one eye on the Australian tour, the inclusion of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 will give the team another good seam option in the pace department. Also with the top order underperforming, his all round abilities might come in handy.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556. His superlative form has given him the head start over most of his teammates looking to cement a place in the playing XI for the Down Under
clashes.
The tourists finally gelled together to end the sublime winning streak held by their opposition. It took a captain’s knock from Sammy to lead the way, while the wicket-taking ability of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233 helped his side to register their first win of the tour.
However, it still remains to be seen whether the tourists can mount serious pressure and take the series by the scruff of the neck, while turning the 2-1 deficit in their favour. Their task has been made hard by the injury suffered to left-hander, Darren
Bravo, who will miss the 4th ODI due to a hamstring strain, after being forced to retire hurt in the 3rd one-dayer.
The pitch curator at Indore has promised to have an ideal batting strip, with scores in access of 300 possible. However, going by course of the series where batters from both teams have failed to put on sizeable scores, it remains a distant possibility.
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