India vs Australia | Lucky that we got MS Dhoni out LBW, says Jhye Richardson
Jhye Richardson has stated that they were lucky to get MS Dhoni out LBW as after that wickets kept falling and India ultimately went on to lose the game. Later on, the video replays showed that Dhoni was wrongly adjudged out as the ball had pitched outside the line of the wickets.
India lost the first match of the three-match ODI series against Australia by 34 runs. Though there was a huge 141-run partnership between Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni, it was a wrong decision to give the Indian wicket-keeper out which changed the course of the match in the hosts’ favour. Man of the match Jhye Richardson, acknowledging the fact, stated that they were lucky in getting the wicket of Dhoni.
"There was a period there when they had a partnership through the middle and it almost could have taken the game away from us. But we were lucky to get Dhoni out lbw and we kept getting wickets from there on," Richardson said to PTI.
Rohit Sharma remained the lone fighter in the match after Dhoni's departure. He went on to score 133 runs in 129 balls but as there was no company from any other batsmen at the other end, he too was unable to save the game for India and fell as the seventh wicket of India.
"Rohit batted really well. Credit to him and he summed up the conditions just as well as we did. He batted very patiently and knew the balls he could put away. He picked the gaps really well tonight. Rohit was very dangerous and we understood that. So our plan sort of changed to getting him off the strike and just bowling at the batsman down the other end."
Richardson, who was playing only his fifth ODI game, seemed ecstatic about getting the wicket of Indian skipper Virat Kohli and beamed that he would remember that wicket for a long time.
"I was actually disappointed when the ball came out. I probably bowled a bit too straight," said the pacer about Virat Kohli's dismissal. "I had a fielder there who hung on to it, so it is a wicket I will remember for a very long time."
After losing the first game, since this is only a three-match series, from here on every game for the Indian team will be a must win. The next match of the series is scheduled to be played on 15th of this month at the Adelaide Oval.
"I am ecstatic and really excited for the team. It's good to put a personal performance on the board but I am really excited in the way Australian cricket is heading.
"The way we prepared for this game and the research we did on Indian players. Everything leading up to this game, I felt was absolutely perfect and the result was ideal tonight," he added.
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