http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 made the right call – Cricket News Update
Michael Vaughan, the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 during the second Test, the Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni made the right decision.
Bell, on the third day of the ongoing second Test at Trent Bridge, was run-out due to a misunderstanding, as after completing the third run off Eoin Morgan’s, he left the crease thinking that the ball had hit the boundary for four.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhinav-Mukund-c41758, who dislodged the bails at the striker’s end.
“It was then that he actually played the situation very well. He knew he had messed up but outwardly gave a very cool impression of not really knowing what all the fuss was about,” Vaughan said.
After the Indian’s appealled, the batsman was sent to the pavilion as the replays had shown that the ball did not hit the boundary.
“Dhoni would not have wanted to be tarnished as being the kind of captain who does not play cricket in the spirit of the game. That is the one thing no player wants on his record,” asserted Vaughan.
However, the Indian skipper, with the consensus of his team, withdrew the appeal against Bell, and allowed him to bat again. After which Bell hit a huge 159 runs off 206 balls, including 24 boundaries.
His big innings helped England lead the second Test match by 374 runs with four wickets remaining.
Vaughan, while commenting on the performances of both the teams, said that the visitors have only two or three performing players in their team; on the contrary, England have eight or nine players who are in brilliant form.
He also opined that the Indian team appeared tired after playing too much cricket, whereas the English seemed passionate.
England is leading the four-match Test series 1-0, as they won the first Test against the visitors by a big margin of 196 runs, at Lord’s.
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