Pragyan Ojha thankful to MS Dhoni for showing confidence on him – Cricket News Update
India’s talented left-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
At Eden Gardens, Ojha opened the bowling for the World Champions and helped his side restrict the opposition to 153 by bagging four wickets in the first innings.
Talking about his fantastic spin work, Ojha stated that it was Dhoni’s confidence on him that pushed him into unleashing his talent and doing well at a critical juncture in the game.
"I thank Dhoni bhai as he has shown a lot of confidence in me and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228. There was quite a bit of turn on offer today and hopefully we will get a bit more turn tomorrow as well," said Ojha who completed his half-century of Test wickets by dismissing Kirk
Edwards.
After suffering a follow-on in reply of India’s mammoth total of 631, the Windies recovered well in the second innings and finished the third day on 195/3. However, the Indians are still in a strong position, as the tourists are trailing by 283 runs.
Dhoni and men need seven more wickets to script their second victory in the series and Ojha is confident about his side’s chances to finish the affair early on the fourth day since the track is expected to assist slow bowlers considerably.
"Right now, we are in drivers` seat and things are going pretty well at the moment. In the morning, there was some moisture in the wicket and it was doing a bit for us. We hope the same thing happens tomorrow. Our guys are bowling superb, hitting in the
right areas. We are confident of getting them out early tomorrow," the 25-year-old spinner shared after third day’s play in Kolkata.
Ojha is still wicket-less in the second innings but is determined to turn the table around and replicate his first innings performance on the fourth morning. He also lauded the Caribbean batsmen for putting up a great fight in the second part of the game
after their ordinary act in the first innings.
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