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A disappointed Indian captain Saurav Ganguly today said his team’s 0-2 loss to New Zealand in the Test series was not ‘‘the end of the world’’ but he left no one in doubt about his unhappiness with the wickets in the two matches which saw only three fifties being scored on both sides in four innings.
Conceding that New Zealand had played better cricket, Ganguly said he did not want to make any excuses for his team’s loss. “But the scores in the two Tests will give the answer. Just two fifties from the Indians and one from New Zealanders in four innings probably show it wasn’t an easy time for the batsmen,” he said. His dream of winning a Test series abroad once again shattered, Ganguly promised a better performance from his team in the upcoming seven-match one-day series which, he said, would be “a different ball game”.
“I am disappointed with the way the (Test) series went for us. But this is not the end of the world.
“We now have to prepare for the one-dayers and hopefully we will come up with a much improved performance,” he said.
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming complimented his bowlers for their excellent performance in the series and said they used the favourable conditions very well.
“It is one thing to have helpful conditions and quite another to be able to use it to your advantage and put the balls in the right place. Its great to captain a bowling unit as the one we have right now,” he said.
