And high scoring, 240 or 200 – anything can be a high-scoring game. “We knew the wickets were so good that we knew even if there is a bit of movement, you can play on the merit of the ball or the bounce which is not the case over here”, he said. We are a side that plays aggressive cricket.
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“In a way it pushes (forces) us to respect the conditions”.
Only the opening match of the T20 tournament has featured a score of over 140, with India hitting 166-6 in a 45-run defeat of Bangladesh. So I feel it’s good practice for us. Whether it is good for T20 cricket that’s hard [to say]. “Because of the firepower and a few good overs, we were able to score (166) but other than that, all the other games played have been low-scoring games which is not very good”, added Dhoni. Other than that all the games have been low-scoring games.
“When it comes to reading the game and respecting the condition, it has been good for us”, he said.
It won’t then be so much about which team is the more skilled, but which one is tactically more sound and reads the conditions and the situations better.
Another thing that left Dhoni aggrieved was the quality of umpiring in the game (Ruchira Pallyaguruge and Shahid Saikat were the men under scrutiny). The same happened when Virat Kohili was not out and given out at his 49th run.
While he didn’t refer to any particular decision, there was a point in the fifth over of Pakistan’s batting innings when a prolonged appeal for a caught-behind against Khurram Manzoor was turned down.
Asked about umpiring, a sarcastic Dhoni said,”You don’t want me to get banned before World T20″.
Dhoni later took a jibe at match officials while answering an innocuous question about his tips to bowlers caught on stump microphone was asked.
“One thing that certainly should be done, you know all the umpires now have a walkie-talkie and an ear-piece in their ear”.
MIRPUR:The use of umpiring devices like ear-piece doesn’t please India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at all as he feels such a technology prevents the on-field officials from hearing snicks and edges in a packed stadium. Because one ear is stuffed with the ear-piece.
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So the openers’ job will be not just to negotiate the hard early phase but also to assess what is a par score if the surface continues to remain green and help the quicker bowlers. One needs to consider this.
