Wickets in hands is the key in T20 cricket: says James Franklin
Mumbai Indians’ all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Edward-Charles-Franklin-c65626, has said that anything is possible in T20 cricket if a team has wickets in hands.
Franklin played a vital knock as the Indians sealed a thrilling victory against Kolkata Knight Riders, on Sunday.
Nobody expected Mumbai to chase down the huge total set by the Knight Riders but Franklin and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Thirupathi-Rayudu-c43930 snatched victory from Kolkata in the last over.
The Kiwi all-rounder was named as the Player of the Match for taking crucial wickets and scoring an unbeaten 45 off only 23 balls.
Mumbai required 21 runs in the last over and the left hander said that he felt confident after striking two boundaries in the first two deliveries of the penultimate over.
Franklin said that Laxmipathy Balaji bowled to his strength in the last over and gave credit to his partner who struck the last ball for six and sealed the victory.
Franklin said, “I was fortunate to get a couple of fours off the first two balls. That gave me some momentum and belief. I tried to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Try-c94438 next and managed to play a couple of good strokes. And Rayudu finished it off with a fabulous hit."
He praised the efforts of his captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, as they played some extra ordinary strokes at the start of the inning. He said that the duo did not allow the asking run rate to go out of control.
He further added that a team can chase down any total in T20 cricket if it keeps wickets in hand, and that’s exactly what the Indians did against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders.
"Sachin (Tendulkar) and Harbhajan (Singh) gave us some good momentum. They made sure that the asking rate stayed around 10. It went up after they left, but in T20 cricket, if you have wickets in hand, anything is possible," he added.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 be up against each other on Wednesday in the Eliminator match, and it promises to be another nail biting encounter.
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