Toss was vital in the 1st ODI, feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at Chennai but is disappointed at the overall showing of his side.
The Green Shirts won the toss and opted to bowl first on a track that was expected to offer some assistance to the fast bowlers. The visitors bowled out of their skins with the new ball and broke the back of the strong Indian batting
side, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037 showing his class by picking up four vital scalps.
Dhoni played a captain’s knock, helping the hosts pile up a competitive total of 227 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets.
Pakistan struggled at the beginning of their innings as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-Jamshed-c78752 however, played a responsible knock and batted through the innings to seal the victory for his
country. The left-hander was ably supported by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088.
While expressing his views in the post-match presentation ceremony, the Indian skipper said that winning the toss on such a pitch was absolutely crucial and posting a big score on the board was not a possibility once http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 had lost
their top five batsmen for just 29 runs.
The wicketkeeper/batsman further claimed that conditions were much better for batsmen in Pakistan’s innings, which did not make things easy for the home team’s bowlers.
“Bad toss to lose, but I am happy with my batting. There was something for the fast bowlers, but they also pitched it in the right areas,” said the Indian skipper. “Once we lost five wickets, it was difficult to come back. We delayed
the slog to get to a respectable score. 227 was a good score from where we were, but not enough in the end. The wicket got better later and our part-timers struggled.”
On the other side of the coin, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bhuvneshwar-Kumar-c48045 bowled brilliantly.
“Credit must be given to both teams' fast bowlers for bowling in such conditions,” said the middle-order batsman.
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