Win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 was important says Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Cricket News Update
Team India achieved just exactly what they wanted on Friday – a stellar start to another anticipated competition against the English archrivals; a stint, which according to many, had been patented as a revenge series. However, for the victorious Men in Blue
Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792, differs with the statement, saying that the match was not about vengeance, and that his team always had the potential to dominate England.
“I believe revenge is a very strong word. If you look at the England series especially the second half, we did play well. We scored runs but unfortunately there were rain interruptions and the ball used to become heavier and tougher for our bowlers to grip,”
said Dhoni in his post match comments.
Opting to bat first at the series opening One Day International (ODI) bout in Hyderabad stadium, India retained a stable batting performance throughout the session, despite the loss of opening batters http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447
(32) before the first 20 overs.
Till the 30th over, India had piled up a pale tally of 126 runs for 4 (at a run rate of 4.20), but after Skipper Dhoni, in association with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539, took charge of the pitch, the hosts saw a sudden burst of runs, after the Captain took on
his youthful stint of batting performance, which came out with a streak of boundaries and swift runs.
Having lost 7 wickets till the 50th over of the innings, and Dhoni retaining his ground at a top score of 87, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 managed to pile up an imposing chase for the English, worth 301 runs.
As for the Poms’ batting response, Dhoni had not much to worry about after his youth-oriented bowling arsenal, including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 bagged 8 wickets amongst each other, which restricted the tourists to fall 126
runs off the chase in 36.1 overs.
During his post match comments, Dhoni also revealed that his performance on Friday was a special innings for him – a spell which the wicket-keeper batsman used to perform in his early days of cricket.
“I normally don't believe in rating my performance but yes this innings is a precious innings for me. Over the years, I have played some good knocks and this one is also a valuable one. Once I started batting at No 6, I had remodelled my game. This innings
of mine was a very well calculated one,” he said.
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