Dhoni, on the other hand, said that the outfield was not unsafe to play on, and that he’d seen much worse in his career.
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Then Mishra bowled captain Carlos Braithwaite (18) as the West Indies’ struggle reached 133/9 in 17.5 overs.
U.S. witnessed West Indies batting charisma as openers Johnson Charles (79) and Evin Lewis (100) hammered Indian bowlers all-round the park to post massive 245 runs for the loss of six wickets in their 20 overs in the first T20 match of the series on Saturday. “As far as I’ve played close to 10 years of worldwide cricket and frankly I’ve played under worse off conditions”. If they say okay it was unfit for play, it was unfit for play.
India opted to bowl and Jasprit Bumrah (2/26), Mohammed Shami (2/31), Mishra (3/24) and Ashwin (2/11) perfectly exploited the West Indian batsmen’s loopholes as the latter struggled from the very start and even failed to play the full 20 overs.
The start of the match was delayed by almost an hour because of “technical reasons”. So not only will we want to play, we want the facilities and the atmosphere to be as safe for everyone’s career as possible.
“The concern for me was the fact that quickly we have to adapt to the shorter format and most of the guys were playing Test match before this so the transformation had to be great and I think all the team members responded well to that”. Dhoni, whose side conceded the third-highest total of all time in the format of 245 in the opening clash, said he defintely sees a future for T20 cricket in America’s crowded sports market. I feel definitely the conditions. ultimately the umpires decide so they decide you play, we play.
“It was on this (west) side where me and Bravo were standing but it was far away from all the run-ups of the bowlers. There is no Shoaib Akhtar in their team so I don’t think it was a big concern”, the Indian skipper said. At about 10.23 am, a new message was given by the public address announcer saying the match would now start at 10.40 am, prompting boos as fans grew increasingly impatient because of the delay, one that eventually prevented a result.
“While we place the brand at the centre, if there is a role for the celebrity that helps take forward the idea of celebrating our product, we are more than happy to taking it further”, said Prakash. About the pitch, there was not much change between yesterday and today, the outfield was lightning fast. “It is a good venue to continue cricket”, he added.
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“For me as a young leader to know and lead the players is an exciting experience”. We’ll probably get a team to break the 500-run barrier.
