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Dhoni scripted history by leading the young Indian team to a nine-run win in nerve-wrecking second finals of the tri-series at the Gabba today.
“This is the best tour I have been on. It cannot get better than this as we played the world’s top two teams Sri Lanka and Australia and then beating them to win convincingly in two successive finals,” said Dhoni.
The one-day captain, who had also led India to Twenty20 World Cup glory last year, said the win was specially significant for his young team.
“It is a building up stage for my team with most of the young blood in the absence of the seniors,” he said and gave credit to the youngsters for proving their detractors wrong.
The youngsters had come under fire after India failed miserably in their one-off Twenty20 game against Australia immediately after the Test series and before the tri-series.
“After the Twenty20 game pressure was on us, especially on our batting but we improved. We were enjoying each others’ successes and this was a very important factor,” he said. More PTI SKI MRM MRM 03041809 DEL SPORT TRI DHONI 2 LAST He also gave credit to seniors like Sachin Tendulkar who contributed to the team at crucial junctures.
Dhoni said he was a bit concered about the batting ahead of the Gabba match.
“There was a bit of concern with batting and with strike bowler Ishant (Sharma) injured, we were banking on our spinners for the kill,” he said.
Dhoni also singled out man-of-the-match Pravin Kumar for special praise for his second four-wicket haul.
“He’s one of the players you should look for in the coming season,” he said.
On the pitch, he said “at times it looked deceptive”.
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