Our batsmen have to come good: Dhoni
Posted on Nov 04, 2009 at 19:37 | Updated Nov 04, 2009 at 20:53
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Hyderabad: The front-line batsmen have to fire in unison, and not depend on the lower order, if India are to win Thursday's crucial fifth one-dayer against Australia, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said here on Wednesday.
"Top order batsmen need to bat well and not rely on lower order batsmen. If you are playing with seven batsmen, it's better to get a big score from six of them rather than using the seventh who we call as a backup batsman, especially when you are chasing," the Indian captain said.
"If one of the top-order batsmen gets a big score it becomes easy for us as others can rotate around him. If we have a good start we can get on to a big score so as to dictate terms and play according to your pace," said Dhoni at the match-eve press conference.
Dhoni had blamed his batsmen for India not being able to chase the modest target of 250 at Mohlai, which had helped Australia draw level 2-2 in the best-of-seven rubber.
Dhoni saw Ravindra Jadeja as a bowling all-rounder at number seven and he felt the youngster has done well so far.
"He's (Ravindra Jadeja) filling in the space of bowling all-rounder. He's bowling really well. His batting also is important."
Sachin Tendulkar has failed to score big so far in the series though he got the starts on a couple of matches, but Dhoni said the veteran batsman, just seven runs short of 17,000 ODI runs, should not be put under pressure.
"Whenever Sachin goes out to bat there are so much of expectations and responsibility. He's done it for 20 years. Whenever he goes in we expect him to score big, but at the same time we don't want him to bat under pressure," he said.
With the series tantalisingly poised 2-2, Dhoni said every match was important for the outcome of the series.
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