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'We thought we had won'

Score board created plenty of confusion, says skipper Dhoni
Last Updated 11 September 2011, 18:29 IST
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With passing showers frequently stopping play (three times to be precise), the giant electronic score board was flashing the par score for each over, leaving the Indian players a confused lot with some of them actually thinking India had won the match while others were still wondering about the calculations.

“Some of the guys were confused,” Dhoni pointed out, referring to the instance when the par score read 271 at which moment joint man of the match Ravi Bopara was dismissed, coinciding with the rain interruption for the third and final time.

England were 270 at that moment and some of the Indian players presumed they had finally nailed a match against the hosts. The confusion was caused because the board was only showing the score needed at the end of each over and there was no ball by ball update. “Some of us believed we had won it while others were still wondering ‘What’s the scenario?’ Most of us thought it was another passing shower and maybe we would be able to get on the field.

“But once we came back to the dressing room and had the (D/L) sheet in our hands, it was pretty much clear that it was a tie and neither sides had won the game,” the Jharkhandi elaborated.

Asked if he was aware that England would have won the match had Bopara not been dismissed in the 49th over, Dhoni replied: “I didn’t exactly know about that, but I didn’t mind him getting out!”

Bopara, on the other hand, said he was disappointed not to have won the match. “I am extremely disappointed we couldn’t finish off the job. With clouds lurking around and Swanny (Graeme Swann) out, I just looked to finish it off early. But that’s fine, we have won the series,” reasoned Bopara, who narrowly missed his maiden ton.

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(Published 11 September 2011, 18:29 IST)

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