Mahendra Singh Dhoni laments over tie in 4th ODI against England – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, the frustrated Indian skipper, has expressed regret over ending their 4th ODI against England in a tie, despite being on the verge of victory. He termed the situation as the ‘ugly side of cricket’.
The 4th One Dayer, which was held at Lord’s yesterday, September 11, experienced at least three intervals due to continual showers. Ultimately, the umpires had to conclude the game as a tie by employing the Duckworth-Lewis rule.
Apparently, the Men in Blue had an upper hand in the match and were likely to win but rain dashed all their efforts to ground.
Batting first, Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 posted a handsome target of 280 runs for the rivals to chase down. England started their innings on the backfoot, losing the top three wickets for just 61 runs.
When the visitors had turned the game to their favour, rain started playing hide and seek, turning the tables.
After the first break, the Indian players were reluctant to come out of their dressing rooms but the sporting ethics put them in action again and forced them to accept the undesired results.
Talking to the media, Dhoni said, “We just saw the ugly side of cricket. Whichever team has the upper hand, doesn't want to play. Whichever team is not on winning side, will http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 around and even play football. That's what people do and that's what both
sides did.”
He further told, “Some of the guys were confused. Some thought we had won it. Most of us thought it was a passing shower and we would be able to get back on the field.”
As the first ODI was also abandoned without results, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 managed to win the series 2-0 after Sunday’s clash.
Dhoni is not happy with the entire situation and considers his team to be unlucky. The second most successful captain in the Indian cricket history has badly failed to taste even a single victory in this tour.
The 30-year-old has played 61 Tests, 190 ODIs and 27 T20Is so far. He led Team India to win the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 and the Chennai Super Kings to claim the title of the Indian Premier League-4.
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