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Journalism of Courage
Losing too many wickets in the batting powerplay cost India the ODI series opener against Australia,home team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lamented.
At 167 for three,India looked well in pursuit of their 293-run victory target before they lost four quick wickets to slump to 201 for seven and Dhoni reckoned the match slipped out of hand at that stage.
“We lost too many wickets during the powerplay which was the turning point. We lost Gautam Gambhir,(Suresh) Raina,myself and Ravindra Jadeja. Full credit to Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar for bringing us so close to the target,” said Dhoni after the hosts’ narrow four-run loss.
Harbhajan and Praveen used the long handle to good effect to put on a breezy 84-run eighth-wicket stand to bring India agonisingly close to the target.
