“We did not have quite a few decisions going our way and sometimes these can change the match. If you could have got Duminy early it could have been different. He played brilliant cricket later on,” Dhoni said at the post-match presentation ceremony. He said the total of 199 that India had amassed was close to par but added they gave to many runs away in small phases during the game. “We had something close to par, but there was dew and in high altitude the ball travels faster. There were periods where we conceded too many runs. That puts a lot of pressure on the bowlers. Any over above 20, it puts a lot of pressure,” he said. READ: MS Dhoni set to create world record in international T20 cricket
He lastly pointed to the fact the bowlers were not able strangle the opposition even after having such a huge score onboard. “You need to choke the opposition, you need to make it tough for them. We couldn’t do that today, despite having 200 runs on the board,” he said.
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