India produce amazing teamwork catch in CWC warm-up 0:23
India have showed off their excellent teamwork skills in the field ahead of the Cricket World Cup, with Shikhar Dhawan and Umesh Yadav working together to catch out Afghanistan's Usman Ghani in their warm-up match.
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Rohit Sharma is looming as India’s trump card. Source: Getty Images
ROHIT Sharma’s superstar strokeplay stands between India and a drought-breaking World Cup grudge-match win as the defending champions’ indifferent build up continued against Afghanistan in Adelaide.
Having endured barren Test and tri-series campaigns, India finally registered a win on Australian soil on Tuesday night.
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- 07 Feb 2015
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India will take any success but Mohammad Nabi’s gallant ensemble from strife-torn Afghanistan is a far cry from facing estranged neighbour Pakistan.
World Cup debutant Afghanistan was never supposed to trouble MS Dhoni’s men who plundered 5-364 on a belter track before prevailing by 153 runs.
Yet, Afghanistan wasn’t overpowered in a 211 riposte.
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An effortless 150 (122) from Rohit masked an ongoing top-order funk and unremarkable bowling ahead of India’s World Cup opener against Pakistan on Sunday in Adelaide.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan (4), Virat Kohli (5) and skipper MS Dhoni (10) need to find touch and fast. The trio contrast with Rohit, who conjured memories of his record high, one-day score of 264 against Sri Lanka last November.
An attack which conceded 371 against Australia on Sunday found it tough going against Afghanistan’s quality batsmen in young opener Usman Ghani (44) and former skipper Nawroz Mangal (60). India was also sloppy in the field, grassing three catches.
Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi loses his leg stump. Source: AFP
Earlier, Rohit’s ton was total domination with 12 fours and seven sixes during stands of 158 with Suresh Raina (75) and 95 with undefeated Ajinkya Rahane (88).
India exceeded 200 just once in a winless tri-series and enjoyed one opening stand over 50. The top order looks shaky, a worrying addition to a lack-lustre attack where lively Umesh Yadav (1-35) remains the primary threat.
Kohli led from the front as India’s new skipper in the Border-Gavaskar Test series with 692 runs at 86.5. However the return of Dhoni as one-day captain has seen Kohli muster scores of 9, 4, 3 not out, 8 and 18 and 3 this 50-over summer.
Dhawan is yet to click here, averaging 27 in three Tests then 12 over four tr- series games against England and Australia. The left-hander rebounded with 58 against Australia on Sunday before failing again on Tuesday.
The poor form of Shikhar Dhawan must be of concern to India. Source: Getty Images
Impressive Hamid Hassan (1-49) sported a multi-colour team hand-band that evoked memories of the Dennis Lillee era and bowled Dhawan. Zadram (1-66) claimed Kolhi for 3 edging to keeper Zazai.
Raina is finding touch but has been run out in consecutive practice matches, on Saturday by David Warner and on Tuesday by a direct hit from Nabi. The Afghanistan skipper raced in from midwicket to catch Raina short.
Nabi was upbeat after the game, believing his fledgling unit held its own against the champion.
“It was quite a good start the first six overs from the bowlers when they were 2/16 but the batting of India is quite long. We started ok with the bat at 3/153 but Ravi Jadeja (2/38) and Ravi Ashwin (1/37) bowled very well,” said Nabi.
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