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#2 Allowing Ambati Rayudu to capitalize on the opportunity
India’s greatest worry in the last two years or so has been solving the puzzle of the middle order. With the ODI World Cup just a few months away, the Indian team was frantically seeking to finalize its batting pool from which they would select their number four, five and six. Today, a few questions were answered in a splendid fashion by Ambati Rayudu.
Walking out to bat at 101/2, Rayudu did a fantastic job of rotating the strike to allow well-set Rohit Sharma to take the charge. Not holding back, the Hyderabadi batsman struck a few boundaries and helped himself to a wonderful century which was completed in just 80 balls. The partnership for the third wicket added 211 runs and India reached 344/4 by the time Rayudu returned to the pavilion.
The middle order had been a weak spot for the Indian team which was very well exploited by the opposition in the last few matches. Today, however, Windies failed to make a breakthrough and in result conceded a total of 377/5 runs which was truly beyond their reach.
