Mahendra Singh Dhoni was all
praise for young Hardik Pandya, who held his nerve during the last few moments
and executed the instructions brilliantly by not bowling a yorker to Shuvagato
Hom, which could have turned into a full-toss.
“There were quite a few stuff
we were discussing, one thing was for sure, we did not want him (Hardik) to
bowl a yorker. It had to be a back of a length, but how back of a length, that
was the question. You don’t want to bowl a wide. We were deciding out field and
I think he executed really well. It’s nice to have good plans but the plan only
looks good when it is executed well,” Dhoni said at post-match presentation
ceremony.
Dhoni did not reveal his
mid-pitch conversations with veteran Ashish Nehra.
“I don’t want to say
everything but the decision was what length to bowl, what line to bowl. If you
are going for yorkers, what is the field and also keep in mind about the
strength of the yorker. And also I knew, once the 20th over starts, you can
take all the time you want. I can’t be fined,” Dhoni said cheekily.
Dhoni also was sympathetic
for Bangladesh’s best finisher Mahmudullah Riyadh.
“Often it does, at times you
look to finish it with the big shot. And if you think you have wickets in hand,
you think others can finish it. And when you are batting well, you go for your
shots. Its a learning curve for Mahmudullah as it happens with all finishers.
That’s what cricket is all about, If that had gone for a six, it was a great
shot. Great courage. That’s what cricket is. A commentator can have a look
later and say whether it was a bad shot or not,” Dhoni said with his tongue
firmly in cheek.
Dhoni also praised Jasprit
Bumrah, who bowled an unbelievable 19th over.
“Bumrah bowled really well,
the second over that he bowled, he was under pressure, with the field
restrictions. It was a reflection of his misfield and the dropped catch, but he
had to forget about what happened and that’s what we told. I feel he is
somebody who is very good with the yorkers and he did very well.
“There were two occasions
when we had to make the game and instead of using our part-timers and we bowled
our frontliners. It was a very good bowling effort.”
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