{"id":10452,"date":"2012-10-01T04:43:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10452"},"modified":"2012-10-01T04:43:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T04:43:09","slug":"we-were-not-desparate-for-a-win-dhoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10452","title":{"rendered":"We were not desparate for a win: Dhoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India registered an eight wickets victory over Pakistan in a crucial Super Eights match of the T20 World Cup at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday to keep their hopes alive in the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in the <strong>Hindustan Times<\/strong>, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni heaped praise over Virat Kohli for helping the team beat their arch rivals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good that Kohli is taking the responsibility. He has been someone who has been consistent in the last one and half years. It is good that a batsman has been in consistent form and others are revolving around him,&#8221; said the skipper.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni denied that India who were in a do-or-die situation in the match were desperate for a win and said, \u201c&#8221;We were not desperate to win today. I always felt that if you are desperate for a win, you put more pressure on yourself. There is no point doing that. We want to live in the present and not think too far ahead of ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had a very relaxed dressing room atmosphere. Before the match started today, I could see there were some positive energy among the players and I thought we would do well today,&#8221; Dhoni was further quoted in the report.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the <strong>Pioneer<\/strong> says that Dhoni was very satisfied with his bowlers and lavished praise on them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team responded well and the bowlers bowled really well to restrict Pakistan to a small total. After a couple of overs (in Pakistan innings), we settled down, Zak (Zaheer Khan) and Irfan Pathan bowled well,\u201d Dhoni was quoted in the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe part-time bowlers did a very good job and that was crucial as we were playing with seven batsmen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India registered an eight wickets victory over Pakistan in a crucial Super Eights match of the T20 World Cup at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday to keep their hopes alive in the World Cup. 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