MS Dhoni: We were 10-15 runs short of a par score – Cricket News Update
Indian captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 admitted they were 10-15 runs short of a par total in the first T20 International of the two-match series against Pakistan, which his side lost by five wickets.
After being put into bat in the series opener, here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium of Bangalore on Tuesday, the hosts managed to score 133 for 9 from their stipulated twenty overs. Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 (10), could manage to enter into double figures.
"We should have got more runs. We got a good start, fantastic effort by the openers but then we kept losing wickets after that," said the Indian skipper at the post-match presentation ceremony.
"We were short by 10 or 15 more runs which we should have got easily. 145 would have been a safe score on this track," he added further.
T20 death-overs specialist http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 accounted for skipper Dhoni and big-hitting left-hander Suresh Raina to keep the hosts under check in the latter stages of the Indian innings.
On the other hand, Dhoni’s part-timers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088 (57*). Dhoni did mention his bowlers’ follies, but he refrained from taking any names. "Our bowlers needed to pitch the ball up and not bowl short."
The Ranchi wicketkeeper batsman also defended his decision to give inexperienced Ravindra Jadeja the last over, saying, "We took the gamble some three or four overs before that in finishing quota of fast bowlers. At that time, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 were scoring at a high pace, we had to take that gamble."
The second and final T20 International between the nemeses will be played in Ahmedabad on Friday, December 28, 2012.
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