MS Dhoni admits that his batting line-up struggled against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, the Indian skipper, has admitted that his side has been outplayed in the recently-concluded four-match Test series by England and said that he tried various combinations but none worked for the hosts.
Having won the first Test at Ahmedabad comprehensively, the Men in Blue failed to deliver the goods in the rest of the series, losing at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 and Kolkata. The last fixture at Nagpur ended without result, with the Poms clinching the
series by two games to one.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 were the pre-series favourites due to a brilliant track-record at home soil. There were some sporting analysts who even predicted a whitewash, not giving England a chance to make an impression on spin-friendly pitches.
However, the tourists looked a far better team after the first match, with their skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, leading the side from the front.
While expressing his views during the post-series presentation ceremony, the wicketkeeper batsman confessed that his batsmen did not play up to their potential but the Indian captain did not take anything away from the England bowlers,
who performed out of their skins in the last three matches.
The cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jharkhand-c800 expressed that the Nagpur pitch got flat with the passage of time.
“We struggled in the batting department but their spinners were right on the mark, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 was very good. As the game progressed there wasn't much for the spinners or fast bowlers,” Dhoni mentioned. “If you got your head down
it was hard to take wickets. I think it got better, coming on to the bat and easier to play strokes.”
India continued to change their bowling combination throughout the series but the home team’s bowlers failed to make a huge impression against the English batsmen. Dhoni is delighted with the performance of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209 in the
series and is also relieved that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, the left-handed opener, found form during the later stages of the competition.
“We tried a few combinations that didn't really work [in the series], we had some part-timers but we needed someone like Jadeja to keep the lid on the batsmen. Pujara's batting was a positive and Gambhir got back in the runs,” he added.
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