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Thursday, October 20, 2011

We are backing ourselves to chase any total: Dhoni

Mohali, October twenty (IANS) A relieved India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni credited a tip sequence batsmen for clinching a stirring five-wicket feat over England in a third ODI as well as sealing a array here Thursday.

The feat gave India an unbeatable 3-0 lead in a five-match series.

Chasing a unbending aim of 299, India’s follow was initial increased by 111-run partnership in in between Ajinkya Rahane (91) as well as Gautam Gambhir (58) as well as after an dominant 65-run mount in in between Dhoni (35) as well as Ravindra Jadeja (26).

The Indian skipper accomplished a compare in style, attack dual uninterrupted fours in a initial dual balls of a final over bowled by Tim Bresnan.

Dhoni pronounced a group was assured of chasing any total.

‘I consider it was a really great performance. We have been subsidy ourselves to follow whatever a antithesis scores, as well as you have been you do that. The top center sequence did a pursuit for us,’ Dhoni said.

Dhoni pronounced a dew done a batting easier.

‘We gave divided utterly a couple of bounds with a ball. Again, dew was a factor, so it proposed to come upon easily onto a bat. The approach Rahane batted along with Gautam Gambhir was crucial. We mislaid wickets during a wrong time though, as well as you had to get an additional partnership going,’ he said.

England skipper Alastair Cook certified that it was difficult for a group to narrowly skip a win.

‘It’s a difficult better to take, generally when it’s so close. Six an over is regularly a difficult chase, though credit to a approach MS as well as Jadeja accomplished that off,’ Cook said.

He additionally felt their fielding was not upto their standards.

‘Our fielding has been somewhat next par, that is surprising for us, as well as currently it price us twenty to twenty-five runs in a field.’

The fourth ODI will be played in Mumbai October 23.

We have been subsidy ourselves to follow any total: Dhoni

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