VVS Laxman hopes his ton helps India win Test match – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772, the right-handed batsman, played an unbeaten knock of 176 runs as India declared their innings after posting a gigantic total of 631 for the loss of seven wickets in the second Test match of the series, being played
at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The veteran batsman hopes his ton helps http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 win the match, which would also win them the series.
Indian batsmen have set the platform and Laxman expects his bowlers to make good use of the spinning track and make early inroads by bowling in the right areas to the West Indian batsmen.
“I am not one who rates my innings. Any knock which you contribute to the team is always good. Hope this knock will help the team win the game. The wicket is already turning and there is bounce for the bowlers. Hopefully our bowlers
can bowl in the right areas and we can win the game,” said Laxman.
The stylish middle-order batsman loves playing at Eden Gardens. Out of the 16 centuries that he has scored in his Test career, five have come at the venue. Laxman was due for a big one and it finally came after a period of 16 matches,
at his favourite hunting ground.
The Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, declared the innings with Laxman just 24 runs short of a double hundred.
The 37-year-old revealed that it was he who advised Dhoni to declare the innings, so as to give the bowlers a chance to have a go at West Indian batsmen before the close of play.
Laxman believes winning the match is more important than scoring a double century and said, “The light was deteriorating especially after Dhoni got out. So that was the reason we declared. When we came after tea, the strategy
was to bat five to six overs. But after the third light dropped and I passed on the message to the dressing room that it was important to declare and bowl at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.”
The 37-year-old’s sacrifice paid off as Indian bowlers dislodged West Indian vanguards, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kraigg-Brathwaite-c71708 cheaply, with just 34 runs on the board. Dhoni and his men would be hoping to wrap up the Caribbean innings
when play resumes on Day 3.
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