Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Series win critical to build team, says Dhoni

ndian captain MS Dhoni Tuesday said the Commonwealth Bank tri-series win was "important because this is the building stage of my team".

Speaking at the post-match presentation, Dhoni said he was proud of the way his team had performed in "the toughest conditions and against the toughest team in the world"."It can't get better than this. And beating Australia in two consecutive finals was a great feeling.""We played well throughout the series, but the important thing was that we improved as a unit," he added.The Indian skipper was most happy with the batsmen coming to the party at the right time."The batting came through at the right time. Sachin gave us the start wen we needed it the most."Asked about today's target, which seemed a bit short at the end of the Indian batting, he said: "There was some areas of concern in the Australian batting and we knew that they would have to score as much as we scored."He credited Praveen Kumar for some excellent bowling. The bowler's four-wicket haul earned him the Man of the Match award."Praveen looks quite deceptive. He's a skiddy customer and conditions like this it really helps him," he said.

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