Vettori: "When you win the toss here you want to put up a competitive total. The wickets gets easier when you have played yourself in; I found it that my self. Dhoni and Raina showed it as well. Some of our boys would be disappointed. It wasn't a bad fight back from us; we put them under some pressure. You can't expect to play on good decks all the time, when you come across deck like this you need to adapt."
Dhoni: "We wanted to get them out as cheap as possible. Nehra did well and then Yuvraj singh, our new find with the ball, did a good job. Sachin gave us a good start ... Raina also batted well with me. Every body was slightly tensed at the start of the game [as India are playing after a break]... the bowlers bowled really well. If there was one more spinner like Yuvi in their side, we would have been under more pressure. [on no 1] Frankly we are not thinking about it. We are just concentrating on what we do in the field. If we play good cricket, we eventually would be no 1 team in the world."
Man of the Match: Nehra : "I was struggling because of the injuries but I am back on track for the last 6-7 months. I wasn't too nervous today. I have been bowling well in the recent months and I just want to concentrate on line and length. The important thing was to pick up early wickets."
Stylish player of the day Tendulkar wins a bike.
That's it from us. Good bye and good luck.
END OF OVER:40 | 7 Runs | IND: 153/4 (3 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 3.82, RRR: 0.30)
- Suresh Raina43 (53b)
- MS Dhoni34 (63b)
- Shane Bond10-3-30-0
- Daniel Vettori10-0-33-2
END OF OVER:39 | 4 Runs | IND: 146/4 (10 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 3.74, RRR: 0.90)
- MS Dhoni34 (62b)
- Suresh Raina37 (48b)
- Daniel Vettori10-0-33-2
- Shane Bond9-3-24-0
END OF OVER:38 | 2 Runs | IND: 142/4 (14 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 3.73, RRR: 1.16)
- MS Dhoni33 (59b)
- Suresh Raina34 (45b)
- Shane Bond9-3-24-0
- Daniel Vettori9-0-29-2