Dhoni, Raina lead India to six pedestrian victory over Zimbabwe
India will look to finish the group stage with a clean sheet when they take on Zimbabwe in Auckland. While the defending champions have been on a roll, the African nation has had a difficult time Down Under. Will they be able to cause a major upset before flying back home?
Raina: “I had a good relationship with the EM We lost too many front windows, but the gate was very good’ve done very well as a team I was hitting well I had a good start against Pakistan had only one chance with Sanjay Bangar , Ravi Shastri and I’m glad I did very well. We played many games together, we have done a lot of games. I knew that I can play more than half later, in mid-window and leaned to play the big boys. It’s a major blow, getting an award from the World Cup is special. ”
Zimbabwe showed flashes of brilliance in the tournament, but at crucial moments, his fielding and bowling them down. Moreover, having won all their matches in the group stage of the tournament, India enter into their quarter-final against Bangladesh at the MCG with full confidence.
Earlier in the final game of Brendan Taylor for Zimbabwe, plundered the Indian bowling attack playing orthodox and innovative shots to score a ton. In particular, a heavy load off Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja bowling was using his feet, playing brazen and reverse sweeps sweeps. He reached his hundred style ramping Mohammed Shami for a six. After he was fired, Zimbabwe lost its way a bit to finish with a total below 300. With eight centuries behind him, Taylor now has the record for most number of hundreds cricketer for Zimbabwe in ODIs. For India, seamers, Shami, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma were usually on the money and finished with three wickets each. However, both spinners, Ashwin and Jadeja fought with short straight boundaries that come into play.
It is to say that seamers Zimbabwe, Tendai Chatara and Panyangara, rolled with good control from the start to put them in a position of strength. Both bring a little swing. The batsmen did not help his cause by showing poor technique. The story might have been different, but Masakadza dropped a sitter to give Raina a reprieve. Zimbabwe bowlers struggled to make an impact in sweat overs also ink.
Dhoni embraces Raina with a smile. Players shake hands before Dhoni and Raina walk off the court. The other Indian players come and shake hands with Taylor & Co. The Indians fans in the crowd are ecstatic.
