Mahendra Singh Dhoni wants turning tracks – Cricket News Update
Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 was thrilled to see the amount of turn in a nerve wracking Test series finale and wants the curators to ensure that pitches in India continue to favour spinners which will in turn make the toss highly irrelevant.
The Men In Blue skipper was talking after a tense finish to the third and final Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198, who shared
8 among them.
"What I would like to see [in Tests in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820]; I want the pitches to turn from the very first day," Dhoni said. "It sets off a bit of panic in the opposition's dressing room and, at the same time, you [India] are
under pressure to perform as well. That what makes it interesting."
The spin consequently bamboozled the Windies contingent, where the Indian’s were set a target of 243 from 64 overs.
The tourists also made full use of a deteriorating track, where the likes of leg spinner, Devendra Bishoo and part-timer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739’s initial power
hitting put them in pole position to claim a series whitewash.
Samuels bowled a total of 25 overs on the last day, grabbing the all important scalps of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, who again failed to reach the elusive ton.
His partner, Bishoo also kept things considerably in the balance, claiming key breakthroughs of Virender Sehwag and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737.
That set the tone of an edgy final half-an-hour’s play where the match took several twists and turns before both teams ended level on score, with Ashwin the final wicket to fell on the last ball of the match - courtesy of a run-out after attempting to take
a couple.
Dhoni was firmly in favour of turning pitches that offer assistance to his spinner from the first day.
“..I am hoping that we [Indian grounds] http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to our kind of wickets that turn from the first day, which doesn't make the toss very important," added Dhoni.
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