Indian skipper Rahul Dravid said Dinesh Kaarthick and Wasim Jaffer's
rollicking opening stand was the key to the convincing Test win against Bangladesh
here today.
"It was good effort from everybody.. A good Test match as we piled up a huge
score and then knocked them off twice," Dravid said after India thrashed
Bangladesh by an innings and 239 runs to win the two-match Test series
1-0.
"The key was the (175-run) opening partnership. Kaarthick
and Wasim set up the match. They batted in tough conditions and the kind of
start that they gave us put the opposition on the back foot," the visiting
captain said.
Asked about Jaffer's hundred after his pair in the first Test,
Dravid praised the Mumbai batsman for his fighting spirit.
"I hope he makes it a habit (scoring runs). He has all
the attributes of being a good cricketer and it is upto him to come up with
more such knocks," Dravid said.
On makeshift opener Kaarthick, Dravid said, "he has staked
a claim as an opening batsman. We gave him an opportunity and he utilised it.
Now the onus is on him to keep performing." Dravid said playing the match
with five bowlers proved to be an important and right decision.
"We needed five bowlers here because the conditions were tough. We needed
to rotate them and the team management came out with the right decision,"
he said.
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