The openers have been a letdown and Raina had no hesitation in admitting that the failure of Murali Vijay [ Images ] and Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] has hurt the side!
with how quickly he has matured in the international circuit. He has been quick to gauge a situation and tailor his batting to the requirements of the match situation. And he has always come across as an intelligent bowler
He has been consistent in the opportunities given to him and has looked pretty solid in this tourney. Even in the game against Sri Lanka where Rohit ended up with a ton, it was Virat who played the more solid knock and laid the foundation
"frankly today we were rubbish". Zimbabwe indeed were rubbish that day and Sri Lanka would not know whether they improved after their ordinary outing against India or whether they were made to look good by Zimbabwe's poor effort
