{"id":23557,"date":"2015-10-12T05:23:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T05:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=23557"},"modified":"2015-10-12T05:23:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T05:23:53","slug":"outcome-was-not-great-for-us-but-we-showed-the-character-to-get-close-dhoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=23557","title":{"rendered":"Outcome was not great for us but we showed the character to get close: Dhoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-16028\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dhonireadyforsemis.jpg\" alt=\"dhonireadyforsemis\" width=\"250\" height=\"165\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dhonireadyforsemis.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dhonireadyforsemis-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Kanpur:<\/strong> Not happy with India&rsquo;s five-run loss to South Africa in the first one-dayers at Green Park in on Sunday, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that there were plenty of things that went wrong for his team.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The outcome was not great for us. There were plenty of things went wrong. However, we showed the character to get close,&rdquo; said Dhoni, adding that nevertheless India should have won the game.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We missed Ashwin&rsquo;s six overs that were crucial because he was our best spinner. Until that point the plan was working beautifully. I had to get more overs from Binny and Raina. In the end I thought our bowlers should have done a bit better,&rdquo; said the Indian skipper, who was in all praise for Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thought the partnership between Rohit and Rahane was superb to keep it ticking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Talking about his innings, Dhoni said it was difficult in the middle. &ldquo;The ball was not coming at a good height, so it becomes difficult on such a wicket. A lot depends on the execution part. It&#8217;s not only about the boundaries you have to keep the score ticking,&rdquo; said the skipper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-16028\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dhonireadyforsemis.jpg\" alt=\"dhonireadyforsemis\" width=\"250\" height=\"165\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dhonireadyforsemis.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dhonireadyforsemis-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Kanpur:<\/strong> Not happy with India&rsquo;s five-run loss to South Africa in the first one-dayers at Green Park in on Sunday, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that there were plenty of things that went wrong for his team.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The outcome was not great for us. There were plenty of things went wrong. However, we showed the character to get close,&rdquo; said Dhoni, adding that nevertheless India should have won the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1557,11857,466,622,724],"class_list":["post-23557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-ajinkya-rahane","tag-green-park","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mahendra-singh-dhoni","tag-rohit-sharma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Outcome was not great for us but we showed the character to get close: Dhoni - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=23557\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Outcome was not great for us but we showed the character to get close: Dhoni - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kanpur: Not happy with India&rsquo;s five-run loss to South Africa in the first one-dayers at Green Park in on Sunday, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that there were plenty of things that went wrong for his team. &ldquo;The outcome was not great for us. 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