London: Mahendra Singh Dhoni felt the early inroads made by the West Indies pacemen opened the path for a Caribbean victory at Lord’s on Friday.
“The loss of three early wickets also upset the Indian plans during the middle-overs,” he said.
“In this phase you actually play according to how you perform in the first few overs,” said the Indian captain.
“We had to go for a consolidated approach and play till the 12th or the 13th over so that our lower-order batsmen could come up with the big blows towards the end. Yuvraj and I had to change our plans. We wanted to play the next five or six overs without losing a wicket.”
Dhoni, who scored 11 off 23 balls, said his own dismissal had set the team back further.
The Indian captain, however, praised Yuvraj and the contribution of the lower-order batsmen.
He said Bravo’s intelligent batting dented India’s chances.
Man-of-the-Match Bravo, who also scalped four batsmen in the game, said he had been working on the variations in his bowling.
Bravo said his stint in the IPL had helped his batting, particularly in coping with spin.
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