Peshawar, Mar 19: Upset after forfeiting the hard-earned Karachi lead at Rawalpindi and then handing it over today to his Pakistani counterpart Inzamam-ul Haq here, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly said India would bounce back in the next two games at Lahore. ''The next two games are very important for us and we'll try to win them,'' he said after the match.
Saying that his team had failed to capitalise even after getting an early breakthrough, Ganguly said,''in the middle overs, we had them at 65 for four at one stage. One more wicket and it could have cost them the match.''

When asked if he missed the service of specialist spinners like Anil Kumble or Harbhajan Singh, Ganguly said,''one can't do anything-in fact that's the way things go. Injury happens and the seniors' absense) it's for the youngsters to come up and deliver.''
Victorious skipper Inzamam-ul Haq, meanwhile, praised the visitors and said India had played well and it was a tight close.
''It was a difficult track to bat on and it was not easy to set or chase a score of 244. But they played well,'' he said.
Saying that his team never took it easy even though the score apparently looked easy to achieve, Inzamam said,''we did not relax till the end.''

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Talking about his bowling attack, Inzamam praised Shabbir Ahmed and said,''despite conceding some no balls and wides initially, he bowled to a certain line. However, we conceded 30-40 more runs and this is an area we would have to improve on.''
The skipper also lauded man of the match Yasir Hameed for his consistent performance.

''Yaseer is an youngster and performing so well in the series. Today he played brilliantly and then Razzaq and Moin contributed in the middle overs to win us the match,'' he said. Inzamam who played his first ODI at the venue today, also praised the Peshawar crowd for their behaviour.

Bureau Report