Cricket

Vengsarkar hails Dhoni

Chairman of selectors and former Indian skipper Dilip Vengsarkar has praised One-Day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s contributions in their first ever ODI series win in Sri Lanka.

“The Indian skipper not only handled the team well but also showed how top class spinners have to be played. He played two knocks in this tournament which should never be forgotten. He showed everyone how Ajantha Mendis has to be tackled,” he said.

“I expected the team to score 20 or 30 runs more. I was not happy with the way in-form Raina got out. With the form that he is in, he should have gone on to get a hundred. I think the boys were at least 20 to 30 runs short but the bowlers did a splendid job to defend the total,” he added.

“The rest helped Dhoni to approach the ODI series in a fresh mind. The break must have helped him a lot. He was very clear in his thinking and led superbly,” Vengsarkar observed.

“It is a big achievement to beat Sri Lanka at their own den. This is an outstanding stuff because the manner in which they did it was really splendid as they came back from being 0-1 down to win the series 3-1.”

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