Target of 250 runs enough in ODIs, says Dilshan – Cricket News Update
Sri Lanka’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 stated that the target of 250 runs is enough in ODIs these days, considering the use of two separate balls from both ends.
According to the Lankan skipper, it is going to be very difficult for the batting side to take on the opponents while chasing a target in the range of 250 runs, as the requirements of the game have changed dramatically.
The 35-year-old, who has failed to impress with his captaincy skills until now, added that it has always been considered that a total of more than 300 runs is a match winning target; however, the score around 250 runs would be
enough to restrict the chasing side in modern day cricket.
"I don’t think in ODI cricket, 300 or 350 will be match-winning scores anymore. Teams will look to get to totals like 240 or 250 and this, I feel, will be a match-winning score. Earlier, if you had got to 250, it wasn’t going to
be enough in ODI cricket, but now that’s going to be a par score," he said while talking to the media.
Meanwhile, the way Lankan side failed to chase the target of 258 runs against Pakistan in the 3rd ODI of the 5-match series at Dubai International Cricket Stadium couple of days ago proves Dilshan’s statement.
At one stage of the match, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, and the Lankan skipper.
Both players put 111 runs on the board together, whereas, the Pakistan fielders were right on the money during the match, as Sangakkara got run out on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-c89347 Afridi’s throw.
The way the fielders showed their commitment helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s spinners to put pressure on the chasing side, which restricted the opponents to 236, and eventually the Men in Green won the match by 21 runs.
Coming back to Dilshan’s statement, he said that Sangakkara’s run out was the turning point of the match.
Meanwhile, the veteran of 217 ODIs also admitted that he himself did not play sensibly, which hurt the Lankan hopes to win over Pakistan.
"Both Sanga and I got out at crucial stages. One of us should have batted through to the 45th over and if we had done that we would have won the game," he added.
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