A distraught India captain MahendraSingh Dhoni blamed the two no-balls bowled to Lendl Simmons byRavichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya for team's shock ousterfrom the World T20.
Ashwin's no-ball gave Man-of-the-Match Simmons 'life' at18 when Jasprit Bumrah had taken the catch while Pandyaoverstepped when the right-hander was on 50. Simmons went toscore an unbeaten 82 to win it for the Caribbeans.
"It was a bad toss to lose. Then it was a 7 pm startwhich meant that second innings started half an hour early. Itwas not bad when we started bowling. The spinners did not havemuch on offer due to dew. We have a history of problems whenthe spinners bowl with wet ball. The only thing I am reallydisappointed are the two no-balls," Dhoni said at thepost-match presentation ceremony.
The skipper said it had become imperative for him tofinish quota of his fast bowlers Ashish Nehra and JaspritBumrah much before the death as that was the only way to makea game out of it.
"There was not much on offer, we wanted our fast bowlersto make a game out of it at the time as it was difficult forthe part-timers against big-hitters like Russell. I felt thatif they bowl well then part-timers will get a cushion of extra5-7 runs," said Dhoni.
Dhoni said that T20 is a demanding format but they havebeen used to it due to IPL.
"The conditions were very tough. It's a demanding formatas most of the games are close and only one or two games aresuch where a team cruises through. We play a lot of closegames in the IPL and we were up for it."
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