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GUWAHATI, NOV 14: Indian skipper Sachin Tendulkar today defended his decision to field on winning the toss saying history of matches at the venue favoured teams chasing and that the target set was “chaseable”.
Commenting after India’s 48-run loss after failing to overhaul New Zealand’s score of 236 in the fourth one-day cricket tie here, Tendulkar said there were no real regrets from the outcome and promised, “we will not let any such thing happen in Delhi,” where the series-deciding fifth and final tie is to be played on November 17.
The Indian skipper said he as well as Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid could not be expected to come good every day and it was left to the youngsters in the side to prove their mettle.
“It was left to the other guys, the youngsters. It was a good lesson for them. Youngsters need to spend time in the middle,” he added and appreciated the bowlers for doing a competent job to restrict the Kiwis in the morning.
