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Rajkot, Oct 3:
Sadagopan Ramesh answered more than one question with his
stroke-filled century in the three-day cricket tour match between
India-A and New Zealand at the Corporation Grounds here today.
Critics have held his footwork, or the lack of it, against his
inclusion in the Indian team but the Tamil Nadu left-hander showed
today he has the wherewithal to succeed at the highest level.
"It is
difficult for a player to get a 100 if he does not have good
footwork," said Ramesh who made 110 in India-A's first innings
against the visitors. "For the past couple of years, I have
tightened my game a little more and I desperately wanted to get to
the three-figure mark in this match and I am happy I have done it.
"I have done
this before at the highest level and given a chance, I would do it
again," said Ramesh, who has scored 1,367 runs from 19 Tests so
far. Ramesh, who played his last Test for India in Sri Lanka in
2001, hit two well-timed half-centuries in the semi-final and the
final of the Ranji Trophy, and continued his form into the new
season when he scored a triple 100 in the local league in Chennai.
"I think I
have done my job, now it is for the selectors to decide whether I
can be in the Indian team or not," said Ramesh in his typically
withdrawn style. (Agencies)
Published:
Saturday, October 04, 2003
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