MS Dhoni: Bangladesh played really good cricket

MS Dhoni: Bangladesh played really good cricket: MS Dhoni in the interview after the match admitted that they were outclassed by a better Bangladeshi unit on the day. The Bangladeshi tigers stunned the former world champs, prevailing over them by 79 runs.

Dhoni had some words of praise for the Bangladesh team. “Yes it was disappointing,” Dhoni said about the loss. “But Bangladesh played some really good cricket as a team. Right from the first ball they took our bowlers on. The rain break helped us. It looked like they would score more than 330, but we restricted them to 300, but our batting didn’t turn up the way we wanted it to.”

It was a convincing win for Bangladesh as the visiting team could only garner 228 in reply to Bangladesh’s daunting 307 runs. “The spinners bowled well, Raina’s contribution was important, but disappointed with the way the fast bowlers bowled. The Bangladesh batsmen played the fast bowlers well. What I was particularly impressed with was how subtly they changed their pace. They didn’t bowl 140 and then 110, but took it down marginally. They did well in the World Cup because of their fast bowlers so we were not surprised they relied on fast bowlers tonight.”

With the kind of big names that India has, they will be expected to bounce back strongly in the next match.