Misbah-ul-Haq admits his team were lucky in the 1st ODI – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, Pakistan’s Test and One Day International (ODI) skipper, has admitted that his side were a touch fortunate in the first fixture of the three-match series against India at Chennai as the home team missed some easy chances.
Having won the toss, the Green Shirts had no hesitation in opting to bowl first on a seamer-friendly track. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037 made the most of the conditions and picked up four top-order wickets to break the back of the Indian batting line-up, which is considered
to be one of the best in the business.
However, India’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 played out of his skin for an unbeaten century to help his side reach a competitive total of 227 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets.
The visitors chased down the total for the loss four wickets and 11 balls to spare; however, the two undefeated batsmen at the end, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088, were given chances by the home team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228.
Pakistan’s captain understands that his side could have been put under extreme pressure if the two set batsmen were sent back to the pavilion. The cricketer from Mianwali has urged his side to raise their game if they want to beat the Men in Blue in the
second ODI at Kolkata, which is going to be played on Thursday.
“We were lucky, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 gave us a tough time in this situation. They lost five wickets early but still went on to make 227. To win the next match, we will have to work hard and improve a fair bit,” said Misbah.
The skipper is of the view that his side must improve their batting, as a target of 228 runs should have been achieved without much of a fuss.
“We have to improve our batting performances. We couldn't chase the target down easily,” the middle-order batsman added. “At one stage, it looked as if India would be getting out for 125 but Dhoni's was a brilliant innings. He single-handedly took the game
away from us, but in the end http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-c78728 too played an extremely good knock.”
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