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Skipper Rahul Dravid credits victory to match plan
Nagpur:
Indian Cricket captain Rahul Dravid said on Tuesday that
a well-oiled match plan helped the team post a big win over
Sri Lanka in the seven-match series opener here today. "We
are very happy to start the series in this way, it was good,
convincing all round performance. I think in most departments
of the game we have played very well. It was a good team performance.
It's not very often that you win games with such a big margin
you have got to really play well especially against a very
good team like Sri Lanka to win by such a big margin. Everything
clicked for us today all that we planned really worked out
to perfection. It does not work like that, today was just
one of those days when we played really good cricket and it
worked for us," Dravid told reporters at the post-match news
conference.
India
amassed 350 for six wickets in 50 overs and dismissed Sri
Lanka for 198 with 14.2 overs to spare. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored
with 93 on his return from injury to guide India to a mammoth
total. Tendulkar, who underwent elbow surgery in May, shared
in a 164- run second wicket partnership with Irfan Pathan
from just 137 balls after Dravid chose to bat first. Off spinner
Harbhajan Singh struck three quick blows to reduce Sri Lanka
to 88 for five in 15 overs as the slow bowlers took command.
He finished with three wickets. Pathan, promoted up the order,
hit a 70-ball 83 before Dravid took over to lash 85 not out
in 63 balls. Indian cricket fans across the nation celebrated
the victory, which came after a long gap. "Irfan Pathan was
good and Murli Karthik's induction into the team was a good
step. Overall today's game was good," said Anup Sharma, a
cricket fan. Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya (27) and
Kumar Sangakkara (43) added 64 runs at nearly seven an over
for the second wicket but Harbhajan had the former caught
at cover to trigger the collapse. The next match in the seven-game
series will be played in Mohali on Friday.
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