http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 let India off the hook at crucial point believes Andre Russell
The West Indian all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 off the hook when they needed to apply more pressure on the lower order Indian batsmen.
The Caribbean team was in a great position at one stage, all set to win the match comfortably, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Rohit-Sharma-c80557 and Harbhajan Singh formed a brilliant partnership to steal the victory from the home team’s jaws.
Sharma accumulated 88 runs with Harbhajan for the seventh wicket partnership and 48 runs with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143 for the eighth wicket stand, which took India home.
Russell feels that the bowlers should have been able to bowl more dot balls to the Indian off-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, but that was not the case. He also admitted that the West Indian side needed more runs to tie down the Indian batting lineup.
"We couldn`t keep pressure on Harbhajan Singh. You needed to bowl him in areas to keep him under pressure. Unfortunately we couldn`t do so. A total of 250-280 would have made things difficult for them. We needed 30 more runs," opined Russell.
However, Russell had his day as well, although in a losing cause. He took the Indian bowlers to the sword and scored a magnificent 92 off 64 balls, striking eight fours and five massive hits ouf of the park.
Despite losing the match and the series with it, the all-rounder is very http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arthur-Percival-Day-c45927 with his own performance and wishes to cement his place in the playing eleven.
Russell said that the wicket was good to bat on and the key behind his success was the fact that he played his natural game.
“One more over and it could have been 100. I am always in a positive frame of mind. I knew if we get set, we could build a stand. This knock is very important as it came against a top side like India. I got my opportunity and grabbed it," shared http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Russell-c87177.
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