Australian captain Ricky Ponting today described their resounding nine-wicket
win against India as a "flawless job" and said it was possible
because of the homework his his team had done.
"It has been our best performance of the series so far. We batted, bowled
and fielded very well. We did almost a flawless job. We played a great game,"
he said.
Ponting said the two wickets his team got in the first over
of the match after India won the toss and opted to bat proved very crucial to
the course of the match.
"The run out (of Sourav Ganguly) and the first ball dismissal
of (Rahul) Dravid put India on the back foot. We put India under pressure from
the first ball," said Ponting.
Ponting said if India had put up a good total it would have
been a difficult one to chase with the pitch aiding spinners.
"It was wicket where the ball was spinning. A good total would have been
difficult to chase," he said.
The Australian captain said that his team had bounced back
extremely well after the loss at Chandigarh and said this was due to the preparations
they did for the tie.
"Our preparations for this match was good. We had separate meetings with
the bowlers and batsmen and then a common team meeting where we discussed the
areas we had gone wrong in the previous game. We gave away too many extras,"
he said.
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