MS Dhoni: Pitch behaviour will help in picking XI for South Africa clash – Cricket News Update
Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757,
later in the day.
"We have the liberty of watching how the wicket behaves during first match and that certainly has an impact on our team selection for the next game," said Dhoni while speaking to media reporters ahead of the crunch game against perennial chokers, South Africa.
Dhoni has been criticised much for picking up an unbalanced squad in the ongoing World T20 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739. The five-bowler strategy
strongly backfired on India, as they not only amassed a paltry 140 for 7 in their stipulated twenty overs, but were also pounded by the belligerent http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 chased down
the gettable total in 14.5 overs, with nine wickets to spare.
Dhoni returned to seven batsmen strategy in the next game against Pakistan, and it duly paid off, as they crushed Pakistan by eight wickets, after restricting the opposition to a paltry 128 all out. With a win and a defeat in the Super Eight stage so far,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 now need to defeat South Africa with a huge margin to qualify for the tournament semi-finals.
Dhoni also expressed confidence in his bowlers, who have bowled out the opposition in three of their four World T20 outings so far this season.
“We have not got bowlers who can bowl at 145 kph. We have got bowlers who bowl slightly slower but at the same time they have got the skill to get the batsmen out,” said the 2007 World Cup winning captain of India.
“If you see the performance [against Pakistan], it was a really good one because the part-timers contributed, the spinners bowled well [as did] the fast bowlers.”
It is pertinent to mention here that India has not reached the final fours in a World T20 since winning the inaugural edition of the marquee tournament in 2007. On the other side of the coin, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 has never missed a semi-final since the inception of
the T20 showdown.
From the Group 1, hosts Sri Lanka and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 were both knocked out on Monday.
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