 We fell 25 runs short: Dravid
31st Aug 2007 10:01 IST
Agencies
After a gilt-edged opportunity to level the series slipped through the fingers, an exasperated Indian captain Rahul Dravid said his side fell 25 runs short in the fourth one dayer against England at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday.
Defending a total of 212, Indian bowlers did well to remove the top half of the English batting line-up for 95 and then reduce them to 114/7. But with Stuart Broad and Ravinder Bopara cobbling a record 99-run unbeaten stand for the eighth wicket, India succumbed to a three-wicket defeat that has them trailing 1-3 in the seven-match series.
"It was very disappointing to have lost like this. They were seven down at that stage and we were desperately looking for a wicket. We tried and mixed everything for that breakthrough but full credit to them (Broad and Bopara).
"In the end, we probably fell 25-run short in the match," a dejected Dravid said.
Dravid, however, was happy that Ajit Agarkar, whose four-wicket haul brought India back into the match, did live upto the expectations at Old Trafford.
"I told him earlier that we need wickets up front and he did get us the wickets. It was just a matter of one wicket that we needed at that stage and things could have been different."
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