India-Pakistan Warmup looked like T20 Finals
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has described India’s warm up clash against Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as one of the best matches they have played but reckons that doing an encore in future would be difficult.
He said it was one of the best games but difficult to replicate it in future. The Team India thrashed Pakistan by nine-wickets at the Oval on Wednesday night.
Openers Rohit Sharma (80) and Gautam Gambhir (52 not out) nearly knocked off the required 159 runs between them alone, a performance which would send shudders down the spine of other teams.
Dhoni was not willing to confirm if Sharma has booked his place in the squad even if Sehwag recovers from his shoulder injury in coming days.
Dhoni also said the left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan is definitely out of the opening game against Bangladesh on Friday and could also be out of the final league game against Ireland on June 10.
Dhoni is keen to use the tall pacer Ishant Sharma in the middle overs.
On a brilliant day for them, Dhoni still found fault with his team’s performance in the field.
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