Hafeez hails ?exceptional? Yuvraj Singh ? Cricket News Update
Pakistan?s T20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez lauded Man of the Match Yuvraj Singh for his blistering half-century knock in the second and final T20 International against India in Ahmedabad on Friday, saying the veteran left-hander was ?exceptional? with the bat.
The 31-year-old Chandigarh star smashed a swashbuckling 72 off just 36 balls to help India set an intimidating 193-run target for the archrivals Pakistan in the must-win encounter. On the course, the left-hander shared a 97-run stand with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (33 off 23), with the bulk coming from the former, who smashed seven huge sixes and four boundaries during his 59-minute stay at the crease.
"No doubt, Yuvi was exceptional today," Hafeez said while speaking to media reporters after his side?s 11-run defeat in the second T20I. "His partnership with?MS Dhoni?was the turning point of this match."?
"We were not expecting it to go that further. We were thinking about restricting them to 160-170. I think [India] did the basics right," lamented the experienced all-rounder.
In reply, opener Nasir Jamshed (41) and the visiting skipper Mohammad Hafeez (55) tried their best to chase down the 193-run target, but a clinical bowling performance from Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda (4-0-36-3) in the death overs ensured it was India?s day. Dinda dismissed big hitting Umar Akmal (24 off 17) in the 17th over, before removing danger man Hafeez and wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal in the penultimate over of Pakistan?s chase, to help the hosts restrict the Men in Green to 181 for 7.
"[Ashok] Dinda was good in the last two overs," said Hafeez, a veteran of 29 Tests and 107 One Day Internationals.
"His yorkers were right and we thought if we can get a ball to hit then we can win the match. But the second last over, Dinda bowled well where Kamran and I got out. If either of us had scored a boundary, then it would have eased the pressure," added the visiting skipper, who walked away with the Player of the Series award for scoring back-to-back half centuries in the short series.
Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Hafeez-hails-exceptional-Yuvraj-Singh-Cricket-News-Update-a211815
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