Rajput felt that the key to the Indian batting clicking is a solid opening stand.
"Our main aim would be not to lose wickets in the first 10 overs. Whenever we have had a good opening partnership we have put up a good total," he said.
India's lone victory in the series, by eight runs at Chandigarh on October 8, their first over Australia in ODIs since January, 2004, came after openers Sachin Tendulkar [Images] (79) and Ganguly (41) had put on 91 for the first wicket.
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by Jayanth Shah on Oct 12, 2007 11:18 PM Permalink
not losing wickets is key in 50 over cricket. not how you stupid india fans say - 'wack 7 runs an over all the time'
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by alpha92@yahoo.com on Oct 13, 2007 03:28 AM Permalink
What is motivating Rajput to persue a losing strategy. Australians must be happy and satisfied.
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by Aravind sai on Oct 13, 2007 01:00 AM Permalink
If opening stand is key to india's success.... how many matches india could get that solid opening parterships out of 10..... I think hardly 3-4.In those 3-4 matches ....how many times can india capitalise solid opening partnership..... hardly 1-2 times..... by Mr. RAjput views......india can only win 1-2 matches out of 10....
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by prabhu kumar on Oct 13, 2007 02:38 AM Permalink
thats y we loste 6 out of 10 matches mateches ,the other 3-4 matches u ill defnitely see on of top three firing
