Rohit Sharma is a gifted cricketer, says MS Dhoni – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 in the fourth One Day International (ODI) of the five-match series against England at Mohali and expressed that the right-handed batsman is an extremely gifted player.
The home team won the toss in the fourth ODI and opted to bowl first. The decision turned out to be the right one as the Indian bowlers responded strongly and restricted the visitors to 257 runs in their allotted 50 overs.
Chasing a competitive total, the Men in Blue lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 also played an astonishing knock and struck 89 unbeaten runs to be named as the Player of the Match.
England captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root, who scored a fighting half-century in the match.
Cook expressed, “Rohit-Raina partnership really took things away from us. I don't think the conditions were really in our favour. We put up a pretty good score on this wicket. Joe Root played pleasingly, he moved the ball around well.”
Apart from showering praise on Rohit, the Indian skipper said that the pacers set the tone for his team in the match, as they troubled the English batsmen through immaculate lines and lengths.
“Overall a very good performance, more so with the new ball. We didn't let them get off to a quick start. We all know Rohit is a gifted cricketer and it was a very good performance from him. He is a natural puller of the ball and once he got to his fifty, he converted it to a big one,” said the wicketkeeper/batsman.
Rohit struggled to deliver the goods in 2012 but he has capitalised on the opportunity to open the innings against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. It remains to be seen whether the budding cricketer performs consistently in future or not.
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