INDIA BEAT IRELAND- WC-2011
March 6th, 2011 by | Posted in Sports Comments Off on INDIA BEAT IRELAND- WC-2011M.S.Dhoni won the toss and asked Ireland to bat first at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Sunday in their encounter in the World Cup 2011. Dhoni was proved right by Zahir Khan who took two early wickets, clean bowling Paul Sterling for a duck and got the edge of Ed Joyce for Dhoni to do the rest. The score card read a dismal 9 for 2 after 4 overs.
Earlier Ireland has successfully chased 327 against England and this could also have prompted Dhoni’s decision to bowl first instead of setting a target.
Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan were bowling in tandem and Dhoni’s decision of removing Munaf Patel at that moment and asking Yusaf Pathan to bowl with the almost new ball was very surprising.
Part-time spinner Yuvraj Singh grabbed a five-wicket haul as India restricted Ireland to 207 in their Group B encounter when he rattled the Irish batting with his slow left arm bowling.
Ireland skipper William Porterfield contributed with 75 runs while Niall O’Brien, who played second fiddle to his captain in the 113-run stand, also scored 46. (more…)