Dhoni's men look to end Caribbean horror
Posted on Jul 04, 2009 at 20:11 | Updated Jul 05, 2009 at 10:28
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Gros Islet (St. Lucia): India are now one step away from a rare One-day International series victory in the Caribbean. They face West Indies in the fourth and final ODI on Sunday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground confident in the knowledge that they cannot lose the brief series.
The visitors won the rain-affected third ODI by six wickets on Friday at the same venue to take an unsurmountable 2-1 lead in the series.
India had won the high-scoring opening ODI by 20 runs last Friday at Sabina Park in Jamaica, and two days later, West Indies rebounded to secure an eight-wicket victory in a low-scoring second ODI at the same venue.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised the overall effort in his side for prevailing in the match, despite having to battle the weather and the Duckworth-Lewis Method which calculates targets in weather-affected matches.
"It was getting tight, and from our experience in Twenty20 cricket, we never felt under any pressure, although we required 11 from the last six balls," said Dhoni.
"Our final target (of 159 runs from 22 overs) was always achievable, once we had two specialist batsmen at the crease, and others like Harbhajan Singh to come, but it was hard to cope with the pressure," he added.
India's top-order batting had misfired in the second ODI which led to their huge defeat, but they got a meaningful start on Friday from Dinesh Karthik and Gautam Gambhir which set things up for the final charge.
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Posted By mohamed_ashik
Right through the toss up to the final over's magnificent six, Captain Dhoni was brilliant yesterday. His catches, stumping, run
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