"Tough to stop Indian juggernaut"


With India on a 10-match winning strip at home, it is hard to stop their juggernaut, said West Indies captain Darren Sammy in front of the 2nd ODI.

West Indies are yet to win a match next to India despite coming agonizingly close on a few occasion during this tour so far.

"India so far has won the last 10 games at home. When you have a winning run, you forever tend to get a method to go over the line," said Sammy.

India wriggles out of an unstable position to clinch a nerve-wrecking one-wicket win over the West Indies in the first ODI at Cuttack to take 1-0 lead in five-match series.

West Indies had an existent match in their hands when they had India 201 for 9, chase 211 but the victory remains unbelievable as Indian tail of Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron cross the line in time.

However, Sammy said that they would be taking a lot of positives from the last game and felt that their indefinable victory was just approximately the corner.

"We keep receiving close. We need to find ways to defeat that. We manage to take India all the way down to the wire, defensive a small total. As much as we were dissatisfied in losing, the guys will take a lot of self-assurance going forward in the one-day series," the skipper insists.

"We are definitely looking to win games here. We have showed that we can compete with the best one-day teams in the world. Had we showed killer instincts in the last game, we could have crossed the line. Confidently, we would come victorious.

"We as a young team, we need to find a way out whether it's spiritually, physically or strategically. I consider in all the guys here. A win is just round the corner. It could be tomorrow," he added.

England's Bresnan has prod operation


England bowler Tim Bresnan has undergone surgery on his elbow but is predictable to be fit for the Test series next to Pakistan in the New Year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) exposed on Thursday.

Yorkshire pace man Bresnan feel pain in his elbow during the new one-day tour of India and was sent for an operation to remove a bone portion.

But the ECB said they probable him to be fit for next month's visit to the United Arab Emirates, where Pakistan are once more playing a 'home' series because of security concern in their own country.

"The Yorkshire and England pace bowler Tim Bresnan undergo an operation yesterday (Wednesday) to take away a bone piece from the back of his elbow," said an ECB statement.

"His symptoms started during the England one-day squad’s new tour of India and have failed to settle with rest.

"The ECB medical employees will oversee his analysis programmed in combination with Yorkshire and he is predictable to make a full revival in time for England's Test Series against Pakistan in the UAE which starts in January."

England, the world's number one ranked Test side, are predictable to name their squad for the three-match series next week.