Dhoni blames poor batting for defeat against Pakistan

Kolkata: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed his batsmen for humiliating defeat against arch rival Pakistan in the second consecutive one one day international match, added that the team needs to access the situation with a cool-headed approach.

“Again our batting was disappointing. It’s important to have wickets in hand in the end. If you have wickets in hand, it’s possible to score 80-odd runs in the last 10 overs,” Dhoni said.

“It’s very important to keep rotating and not give away wickets. There will be phases that you have to see through but we could not cross that period. We lost five-six wickets and we were not really into the game. It seemed 250 was a big score from then on,” he added.

“Everybody knows it’s disappointing. When you are going through transition, you want your senior players to perform and groom the juniors.

Dhoni said they need somebody to take up responsibility in batting. “Once two-three wickets start falling, you need someone to soak up the pressure and consolidate the innings.