The competition is not a revenge series says Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Cricket News Update
While many have already ranked the ongoing home competition against the English tourists as a revenge series, but for the triumphant Indian Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, fails to agree, stating that the term is too strong to be used under the sport of cricket.
"Revenge is a very strong word when it comes to sport. I don't think it should be used in sport. On one side we are speaking about spirit of the game and on the other side we are talking about revenge," Dhoni said at the post-match press conference.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 finally clinched a much needed win over England, after defeating the visitors on Thursday’s preceding 3rd One Day International (ODI) game from the 5-match series, in Mohali, marking a 3-0 lead.
The match, which remained to be a nail biting affair right till the death balls of the bout, finally see-sawed into India’s favour, thanks to the match-winnings partnership of Captain Dhoni and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238, who took charge of the Mohali pitch, after
the Men in Blue were reduced to 235 for 5 in 41.4 runs, against the Poms’ imposing chase of 299 runs.
Following the win, Dhoni also lauded his youth-oriented squad, and commended them for putting up a superb show on the competition, despite in the absence of many senior players.
“I am quite happy with the performance of the team when it comes to the ODI format. In England, we made lots of runs, it's just that we never won the toss and had to bowl last. On couple of occasions, rain and dew factor played spoilsport,” said Dhoni.
For many, India’s triumph over the Poms is seen to be a worthy reprisal to their last summer’s defeat in England, where the Men in Blue were handed over a clean sheet across all formats by the victorious hosts.
For now, Skipper Dhoni, who defended his side’s defeat with unfavourable conditions in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, comprehended after Thursday’s game that the factors on their home-turf remained in their favour and were a huge aid for the side’s bowlers.
The defeated English tourists still have two more ODI outings left against India, and will facing each other in the upcoming 4th fixture of the tour on October 23, 2011, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
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