da marjack bet： Not entirely satisfied, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and coach JohnWright felt that there was still scope for improvement in the team’sperformance after they had defeated Zimbabwe for the second straighttime to reach the final of the Coca Cola
Staff and Agencies28-Jun-2001* Ganguly, Wright feel there is room for improvementNot entirely satisfied, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and coach JohnWright felt that there was still scope for improvement in the team’sperformance after they had defeated Zimbabwe for the second straighttime to reach the final of the Coca Cola Cup triangular series.”We gave away 90 runs in the last 10 overs which were far too many togive away on this track,” said Ganguly. “We started well in themorning session but we didn’t bowl well in the last 10 overs. We couldhave bowled a lot better with the ball seaming around on this wicket.”On the mini Indian collapse, Ganguly said, “we were 184 for two when Igot out and then we lost four wickets. I would not say they were poorshots but rather wrong ones. We need to pull ourselves up.Wright was more critical and said the team has an “awful” lot to learnfrom this win. “Honestly, if you look at the performance and not theresult, we need to play lot better than that. I think it was adisappointing performance. We won a toss which gave us a big advantageand Zimbabwe was a side without its two key players. So we reallyshould have beaten them easily. We nearly threw it away with some poorshots and also we gave far too many runs in the field."* Relieved Ganguly thanks everyoneAn obviously relieved Saurav Ganguly, who ended his recent run-droughtwith a painstaking 85 to lay the foundation for India’s four-wicketwin against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Wednesday, thanked one and all forsupporting him through his lean period.”It is good to score runs. I thank my teammates, family, friends andall supporters here and back home for their encouraging words,” thehappy Indian captain said.Man-of-the-match Rahul Dravid, who saw his team home with an unbeaten72, said, “Sourav showed a lot of character to hang in there and scoreruns.” On his own performance, Dravid said “I am happy to score amatch-winning knock and continue my good form on the tour. Even in thenets I am hitting the ball well.”* Two arrested on charges of betting on India-Zimbabwe matchPolice have arrested two persons on charges of betting on the India-Zimbabwe triangular one-day series match in Bulawayo on Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a hotel in Meerut and nabbedRajkumar and Ramesh Chandra Bhati red-handed engaging in gambling andrunning ‘satta’ through mobile phones, Additional Superintendent ofPolice, Naveen Arora told PTI on Thursday.He said that four of their accomplices managed to flee and added thatmobile phones and some cash were seized from the accused. A case undergambling act has been registered against the accused.