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 Balaji bowled superbly: Yuvraj
11th May 2008 09:01 IST
Agencies
He might have lost Saturday night's match against Chennai Super Kings but Yuvraj Singh is happy with the way comeback pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji performed against Kings XI Punjab.
Balaji came up with a five-for performance and that included IPL's first hat-trick.
"I am happy about Balaji's comeback. He bowled superbly. It is good for Indian cricket. He had never been the fastest but he is always deceptive particularly with old ball.
"I am extremely happy for him and a hat trick is a rarity in this format of the game," he told reporters after the match, which his team lost by 18 runs.
The Punjab skipper blamed inconsistency for the defeat.
"We bowled pretty well in the early overs but lost the momentum in between. The same thing happened with our batting too. Though it was not a great start, Marsh and Sarwan steadied our innings.
"We lost too many wickets quickly. That of Sarwan, Marsh and myself and there we lost our match," he opined.
On sending Sarwan up the order, he said, "It was one of the things that you need to do in such format of the game. He was off to a good start and batted well with Marsh. |
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