{"id":5599,"date":"2012-05-04T03:49:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T03:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5599"},"modified":"2012-05-04T03:49:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T03:49:06","slug":"slow-low-and-difficult-pitch-for-batting-says-ganguly-harbhajan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5599","title":{"rendered":"Slow, low and difficult pitch for batting, says Ganguly, Harbhajan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pune: <\/strong>It was a low scoring thriller as Mumbai Indians beat Pune Warriors by one run in an IPL encounter here on Thursday. Pune lost their fourth successive match while Mumbai won second in a row that propelled them to third spot on the points table. Sourav Ganguly, though admitted that they should won the match, said that it wasn\u2019t an easy wicket to bat on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we should have got to 120 but it wasn\u2019t an easy wicket to bat on. The ball did not come on to the bat. We lost a few wickets early and when I got out, it was the turning point of the game,\u201d said the Pune Warriors skipper. <\/p>\n<p>Mumbai Indians batsman Dinesh Karthik too accepted that it was a two-paced wicket and scoring was always going to be difficult. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Harbhajan Singh said that the pitch was slow, low and it was difficult to play the strokes. \u201cWe did not expect the pitch to play this way. Bowlers would love to bowl here. Our bowlers did a great job. You got to be active and move fielders around in such situations,\u201d said the Mumbai Indians captain. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Lasith Malinga, who won the man-of-the-match award said, \u201cI am used to pressure. Whatever I do during the training session, I try to apply it on the field. I know my field and I bowl accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune: It was a low scoring thriller as Mumbai Indians beat Pune Warriors by one run in an IPL encounter here on Thursday. 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