Cricket Best Ten Online video Rating: 4 / 5
Rohit Sharma has said that it was an enjoyable experience to captain the Mumbai Indians in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, but, he also admitted that he was nervous in the last two overs of the match.
In the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Ricky Ponting decided to take a break and gave Rohit Sharma the chance to lead the team. The start was not good for Rohit as he lost the toss and then, in the first over of the match, the KKR openers scored 26.
But, Rohit showed calmness and kept rotating his bowlers. His field placings were also good and his bowlers slowly managed to pull things back.
The Knight Riders managed to score just 159 in 20 overs even after getting that rapid start and that total was chased down successfully by Mumbai Indians. However, the game had become exciting towards the end, but, Mumbai’s lower order batsman Harbhajan Singh hit a crucial six in the last over and turned the match in Mumbai’s favour.
Talking to the reporters after the match, Rohit said, “It was the first experience of captaincy for me and it was quite enjoyable. I just tried to be calm out there. We didn’t get a great start, but, I always knew that we had bowlers who could bring us back into the match.”
“Malinga and Johnson bowled beautifully in the death overs. Especially, Malinga’s last over was absolutely terrific.”
“It was a slow, low kind of a surface. So, it was important to make the new ball count because batting was not going to be easy after the 10th over mark. So, the plan was to attack in the power play and Dwayne Smith executed that plan brilliantly. It was really a fine half century by him.”
Cricket Prime Ten Video clip Rating: five / 5
Cricket Leading 10 Video Rating: / 5
The captain of the England Cricket team, Alastair Cook, has hailed Stuart Broad for his brilliant bowling performance in the second test match against New Zealand.
Broad took 6 wickets in New Zealand’s first inning and because of his great bowling spell; the Kiwi team got all out on just 254 runs and had to follow on.
However, England didn’t manage to win the match because of the rain interruptions in the last two days. The last day was completely washed out.
Talking to the reporters after the match, Cook said, “It was nice to see Broady bowling in great rhythm. He bowled like that after a while. The pitch was a flat one and there was not much happening there for the fast bowlers. To dismiss the whole New Zealand team on just 254 on that sort of wicket was really a wonderful effort.”
“I think Jimmy Anderson also bowled pretty well. He was running into the wind which was very strong and he did a fine job bowling from that end.”
When asked about Nick Compton who scored his second consecutive hundred in the series, Cook said, “Nick has played a couple of great knocks in the series so far. His hundred in the last test match was an absolute gem and his hundred here was also extremely valuable for the team. He has certainly grown in confidence.”
When asked if he is disappointed that the rain interruptions didn’t let his side win the test match, Cook said, “It was definitely disappointing, but, that’s not in our hand. These things happen in cricket.”
“We are looking forward to the final test match. I hope that there will not be too many rain breaks in that match.”
The third test match between England and New Zealand will be played from 22nd to 26th March at Eden Park.
Cricket Top 10 Online video Ranking: 4 / 5
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hailed Ravindra Jadeja for his brilliant knock in the second ODI against England which was played at Nehru Stadium, Kochi.
Jadeja batted superbly in the death overs and scored 61 run of just 37 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. After playing a blistering knock, Jadeja did a fine job with the ball as well. He bowled 7 overs and gave away only 12 runs. He took a couple of wickets as well. Jadeja’s effort helped India in securing an easy victory over England. India won the match easily by 127 runs.
When asked about Jadeja’s performance, Dhoni said, “It was a fine knock. His shot selection was superb today and that was nice to see. More often than not, he gets out playing bad shots. But, today, he played with a calm head.”
“He bats at no. 7 which is vital position. It is important for him to score runs consistently. His performance with the ball has been fine, but, he hasn’t managed to perform consistently with the bat. So, it’s good that he played a decent knock today. Hopefully, his form would remain good in the remaining matches of the series as well.”
When asked about the pitch, Dhoni said, “It was a perfect test match wicket. There was something in it for everyone. There was a bit of seam movement and the odd ball was turning as well. But, the batsmen could also score runs on that pitch after getting their eye in.”
“In the first 10 overs, the fast bowlers were swinging the ball and it was not easy for the openers to negotiate them. We could easily have lost 3-4 wickets during that period, but, Kohli and Yuvraj batted well and provided a good platform to the upcoming batsmen.”