By: Drcricket7 Staff
Some of the umpiring decisions in the 1st T20 game against South Africa did not go in India’s favour. If the words of India’s captain MS Dhoni are to be believed, JP Duminy, who made a match-winning 68 for his team, survived two very close lbw shouts. As a matter of fact, both the appeals looked quite clear to be given out, but the umpire thought otherwise.
“We did not have quite a few decisions going our way and sometimes these can change the match. If you could have got Duminy early it could have been different. He played brilliant cricket later on,” MS Dhoni was quoted as saying the post-match press conference.
MS Dhoni, whose team lost to South Africa by seven wickets, said that his bowlers gave to many runs away in small phases during the game. “We had something close to par, but there was dew and in high altitude the ball travels faster. There were periods where we conceded too many runs. That puts a lot of pressure on the bowlers. Any over above 20, it puts a lot of pressure,” he added.
After having collected a pretty decent 199 for five, Dhoni also expected his bowlers to build more pressure on the South Africans, which they couldn’t do. “You need to choke the opposition, you need to make it tough for them. We couldn’t do that today, despite having 200 runs on the board,” he suggested.
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