{"id":15983,"date":"2013-06-24T04:24:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T04:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15983"},"modified":"2013-06-24T04:24:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T04:24:14","slug":"we-handled-the-pressure-really-well-says-mahendra-singh-dhoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15983","title":{"rendered":"We handled the pressure really well, says Mahendra Singh Dhoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Birmingham:<\/strong> Ecstatic about India&#8217;s win against England in the ICC Champions Trophy final, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that his team handled the pressure in the thrilling encounter in a better manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our boys handled the pressure really well. In international cricket, people talk about technique, but for me it&#8217;s the ones who deal with the pressure what makes them a great player,&#8221; said Dhoni, adding that in the kind of situation they were in, he just wanted his team to get close to 130.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we were batting I just said get close to 130. we managed to get that. I think the shower also helped us because the ball was gripping later on. It&#8217;s important to be positive. I said &#8216;we are the No. 1-ranked team, let&#8217;s play like that&#8217;. I knew the two-overs of Powerplay were crucial. I wanted to make them slog off the spinners,\u201d said the Indian skipper.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Man of the Match Ravindra Jadeja could not hide his emotions. &#8220;I did well throughout the tournament and I was very positive. Today, it was quite difficult to rotate the strike. So me and Virat just tried to build a good partnership. Later, I was enjoying the bowling on this wicket. The skipper always backs me whenever I bowl, and that has helped me a lot,&#8221; said Jadeja, who also won the golden ball for the bowler with most wickets in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Shikhar Dhawan, who won the golden bat for his stupendous performance, said, &#8220;I had always dreamt of this. I&#8217;m really happy with it. The bouncy tracks suit my game. I worked hard in practice and in the warm-up games. It makes it more special because I was out of the side for a few years.&#8221; He later, dedicated the award to the people who lost their previous lives in the flood fury back in Uttrakhand in India.<\/p>\n<p>A disappointed Alastair Cook said that it was tough to take the defeat at the moment. \u201cI would nevertheless thank the groundstaff to get us a game. We&#8217;ve come up a little short. I thought we bowled well to restrict India to 129. It&#8217;s tough to take at the moment. I think both sides found the pitch quite hard to bat on. You are always going to think of different reasons. I&#8217;m proud of the way the players have performed in this tournament. With 20-odd needed off 16 balls it was in our hands. There have been a lot of good performances, but at the moment we are a bit devastated,\u201d said Cook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham: Ecstatic about India&#8217;s win against England in the ICC Champions Trophy final, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that his team handled the pressure in the thrilling encounter in a better manner. \u201cI think our boys handled the pressure really well. 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