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By Ashish Shukla
Kingston (Jamaica), Jun 17 (PTI) India''s stand-in skipper Suresh Raina is so disappointed with his shot-selection in the last two one-dayers against the West Indies that he plans to work hard on his batting in the nets to improve himself before the Tests starting Monday.
Raina was quick to admit that his shot-selection left a lot to be desired in the latter half of the series which India won 3-2in the end after losing the fourth and fifth ODI.
"I needed to spend some time in the middle. Play for 10-15 deliveries," stated Raina who made a heave off the fourth delivery he faced and was out for a duck in the fifth ODI yesterday which India lost by seven wickets.
It was no different to his mode of dismissals in the third and fourth one-dayers where he contributed 3 and 10 runs only.
"I batted well in the first two games but in the next three I had a rush. I didn''t spend much time. Hopefully, I would have a couple of good sessions before the Tests with my coach and seniors. It will make me feel better before the first Test," he said.
Raina, in all, made 82 runs from five one-day innings at an average of 20.50 only.
The left-hander wasn''t willing to offer any excuse of captaincy pressure or the fact that he has played a lot of cricket lately. .
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Kingston (Jamaica), Jun 17 (PTI) India''s stand-in skipper Suresh Raina is so disappointed with his shot-selection in the last two one-dayers against the West Indies that he plans to work hard on his batting in the nets to improve himself before the Tests starting Monday.
Raina was quick to admit that his shot-selection left a lot to be desired in the latter half of the series which India won 3-2in the end after losing the fourth and fifth ODI.
"I needed to spend some time in the middle. Play for 10-15 deliveries," stated Raina who made a heave off the fourth delivery he faced and was out for a duck in the fifth ODI yesterday which India lost by seven wickets.
It was no different to his mode of dismissals in the third and fourth one-dayers where he contributed 3 and 10 runs only.
"I batted well in the first two games but in the next three I had a rush. I didn''t spend much time. Hopefully, I would have a couple of good sessions before the Tests with my coach and seniors. It will make me feel better before the first Test," he said.
Raina, in all, made 82 runs from five one-day innings at an average of 20.50 only.
The left-hander wasn''t willing to offer any excuse of captaincy pressure or the fact that he has played a lot of cricket lately. .
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