The series was done and dusted in Cuttack after India’s humiliating six-wicket defeat as South Africa sent the hosts packing for their second lowest total of 92 in a match which was interrupted twice due to unruly crowd behaviour.
Advertisement
He also added that the Eden Gardens is a special ground for him and he will try and play a memorable innings here.
“Obviously winning here will mean a lot to us”. In this format, I believe I should play the big shots from the word go irrespective of whatever the scenario is because that’s what this format is all about. “If we win here, we will take that confidence into the ODI series”, he said.
This was India’s second lowest T20 score after their 74 against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in February 2008. Our preparations have been really good. It gives us a lot of confidence moving forward coming close to the World Twenty20.
The Cuttack’s famous Barabati Stadium on Monday made headlines all over the world for all the wrong reasons. “The little moments like that is what we need as a team in the T20s, ODIs and Tests”. The visitors backed up the creditable performance from the bowlers with a few excellent efforts in the field to keep the Indian bastmen on a tight leash.
The skipper however said the players’ security was never compromised.
Pitch and conditions: Bounce and carry is possibly a thing of the past as South Africa inch into the cauldron of spin that India will likely stir throughout the series. “Maybe this is the performance and we will play freely in the next games”, Dhoni told mediapersons after losing the second T20 worldwide by sic wickets. The incident clearly displayed the typical mentality of fans who only praise when India wins and who would bark when it loses. “They must strive to get better”, Gavaskar was quoted as saying by NDTV on Tuesday.
“As supposed to what is going to happen tomorrow, I’m not very sure”.
Miller further said their exposure in IPL has helped South African players immensely.
At Dharamsala, when it was expected that India would post around 220 after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s 138-run partnership in 72 balls, India managed just 41 runs from last five overs with Dhoni in the middle.
“The last game was not a ideal game for us”.
There were no more problems for South Africa as Duminy and Miller saw them to victory in the match and the series. “We took our chances against their fielders but it didn’t go our way”, Harbhajan said. We got two of their big guns with two fantastic run-outs.
Advertisement
Only four boundaries were allowed in the Power Play overs, by when India had also lost two wickets, and the pressure was clearly on the batsmen to shift gears.
