Player: | MS Dhoni |
Event: | ICC Champions Trophy 2009/10 |
DateLine: 27th September 2009
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was furious and slammed his bowlers for conceding too many runs against Pakistan.
 
Dhoni for the first time in his stint as skipper looked so disappointed as he vent out his anger in the post match presentation. 
"We have to win both the matches against Australia and West Indies if we want to reach semifinals. From now onwards it will be a knock-out tournament for us. If we don't improve in the next two matches it is better we pack up and go back home," he said in disgust after India's 54-run loss against the arch rivals. 
"In the first eight overs we bowled a bit short and gave away boundary balls. From 38th over till the 42nd if I am not wrong we gave away nearly 100 runs. That was crucial. I have never seen so many runs conceding off cut shot," he said. 
"Frankly speaking, I was thinking in the middle that it was one of those days in which we fell short by three or four bowlers. Thankfully, Ashish Nehra and Yusuf Pathan did their job," he added. 
Dhoni though said he was optimistic till Suresh Raina and Rahul Dravid were doing well and he thought the 303-run target was gettable. 
"Till Raina was batting I thought we were in the chase. But a few wickets in quick succession we were in the backfoot. 
"Me and Virat Kohli fell in quick succession. Then Yusuf Pathan and Raina were out and a run out (of Rahul Dravid) that did not help when we were chasing over 300," said Dhoni.LATEST SCORES
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