http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 lauds Yuvraj and bowlers after 5-wicket win over England – Cricket News Update
After comfortably winning the opening T20 International of the two-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 on Thursday, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh admitted that he was worried when the tourists were cruising in their innings at one stage.
After being put into bat at the Subrata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 batsman smashed a 35-ball 56, studded with seven muscular boundaries and two lofty sixes.
After losing opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 in the second half of their innings, restricting the tourists to 157 for 6 at the end of their stipulated 20 overs.
The hosts comfortably chased down the 158-run target with 13 balls and five wickets to spare, to claim a morale-boosting victory following their Test series defeat. All-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped for the final Test against England due to struggling form, followed up his impressive bowling figures of 3-19 with a blistering 38-run knock, which came off just 21 deliveries. The quick innings was laced with two fours and three sixes.
While speaking at the post-match presentation ceremony in Pune last night, Indian skipper MS Dhoni admitted Hales’ assault at the start put his bowlers under pressure.
"The pressure was on the bowlers," Dhoni said after the five-wicket win.
"The way (Alex) Hales started - he went after the bowlers - that was the difficult part. We all know it's a bit easier to score against the new ball on the sub-continent, particularly in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750."
"It was important from the eighth over that we tried to bring the team back into the game. And the fielding, which I wanted the team to do well...I thought we did brilliantly," he added further.
The Ranchi boy, who himself scored an unbeaten 24, reserved special praise for Yuvraj, who took crucial wickets of Hales (56), Luke Wright (34) and English skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 (5).
"Yuvraj was brilliant. He bowled really well and at the right pace," said Dhoni. "I felt each and every bowler, apart from Yuvraj, bowled at least one bad over in the game. But I'm overall very happy with the performance," concluded the wicketkeeper batsman.
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