Indian captain MS Dhoni happy things went as per plan in semi-final – Cricket news
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Having won the toss, the Men in Blue decided to bowl first in helpful conditions and restricted Sri Lanka to merely 181 runs for loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 50 overs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 picking up three wickets each.
Thanks to stunning half-centuries by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 chased down the total for the loss of just two wickets.
While expressing his views in the post-match presentation ceremony, the Indian captain expressed his delight that everything went according to the plan for his side. The wicketkeeper/batsman was all praise for his bowlers but feels that Tillakaratne Dilshan’s
injury at the start of the match hampered Sri Lanka’s progress.
He said, “I think it is a well-written script, good toss to win, started well by the bowler, unfortunately for SL they lost Dilshan, we capitalised on that, then the bowlers bowled well, especially the spinners.”
Dhoni surprised the cricket fans in the middle of the innings when he took off his wicket-keeping gear and decided to have a bowl. He bowled four overs and conceded just 17 runs. The cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780, who
is primarily a wicketkeeper, in the playing-11, allowed him to experiment.
“The ball was still doing a bit. Bhuvnesh had already bowled 8 or 9, we wanted to keep some of the fast bowlers’ overs for the death, so with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642 around I think might as well give it a go,” the Indian skipper added. “England are a very good side, and
we have played a lot against them in the last couple of years.”
India and England will be up against each other in the final of the last edition of the illustrious tournament on Sunday at Birmingham, which is a mouth-watering encounter taking into account the current form of both the teams.
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