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Against Kenya at the Rose Bowl, India gave a strange account of itself when it did not look to attack in the first 15 overs, the norm on the...

Against Kenya at the Rose Bowl, India gave a strange account of itself when it did not look to attack in the first 15 overs, the norm on the one-day circuit. Instead, conserving wickets for the final assault they managed 91 runs in the final 10 overs. As Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid said yesterday, the Indian thinktank has decided to keep wickets in hand in the first 15 overs and will launch the offensive in the last 10-odd overs. A radical shift in the team’s thinking. Figures reveal that through this entire year, whenever Team India has won a game, more often than not, they have saved the attack for the last 10 overs…

VB SERIES

• Beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets at Hobart
TOTAL: 211 for 3; FIRST 15: 83/0 [RR-5.53]; Reached target in 37.4 overs

• Beat Australia by 19 runs at Brisbane
TOTAL: 303 for 4; FIRST 15: 89/1 [RR-5.93]; LAST 10: 88/2

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• Beat Zimbabwe by 24 runs at Brisbane
TOTAL: 255 for 6; FIRST 10: 67/2 [RR-4.47]; LAST 10: 72/3

• Beat Zimbabwe by 3 runs at Adelaide
TOTAL: 280 for 7; FIRST 15: 83/3 [RR-5.53]; LAST 10: 78/3

• Beat Zimbabwe by 4 wickets at Perth
TOTAL: 136 for 6; FIRST 15: 75/4 [RR-5.00]; Reached target in 30.3 overs

PAKISTAN TOUR

• Won by 5 runs at Karachi
TOTAL: 349 for 7; FIRST 15: 143/2 [RR-9.53]; LAST 10: 71/3

• Won by 5 wickets at Lahore
TOTAL: 294 for 5; FIRST 15: 103/4 [RR-6.87]; Reached target in 45 overs

• Won by 40 runs at Lahore
TOTAL: 293 for 7; FIRST 15: 82/2 [RR-5.47]; LAST 10: 81/3

ASIA CUP

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• Beat UAE by 116 runs at Dambulla
TOTAL: 260 for 6; FIRST 10: 58/2 [RR-3.87]; LAST 10: 77/2

• Beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets at Colombo
TOTAL: 178 for 2; FIRST 15: 77/1 [RR-5.13]; Reached target in 38.3 overs

• Beat Sri Lanka by 4 runs at Colombo
TOTAL: 271 for 6; FIRST 15: 79/1 [RR-5.27]; LAST 10: 68/3

NATWEST SERIES v ENGLAND

• Won by 23 runs at Lord’s
TOTAL: 204; FIRST 15: 50/3 [RR-3.33]; LAST 10: 36/6 (All out in 49.3 overs)

ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY

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• Beat Kenya by 98 runs at Southampton
TOTAL: 290 for 4; FIRST 15: 55/1 [RR-3.66]; LAST 10: 91/2

— (Faisal Shariff)

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