 Younis Khan played a brilliant innings: Dhoni
3rd Jul 2008 11:00 IST
Agencies
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his bowlers were helpless against a rampaging Younis Khan, who steered Pakistan to a comprehensive eight-wicket win against India and kept alive his side's hopes of making the final of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka.
Younis struck an unbeaten century Wednesday to help Pakistan overhaul India's competitive total of 308.
"I think Younis Khan played a brilliant innings. The bowlers tried everything against him but he was always ahead of them. He didn't take pressure at all," Dhoni told reporters after the match.
Now India must beat Sri Lanka today in their last Super Stage match to secure a place in the final, to be played on Sunday.
The Indian skipper said the pitch was a belter and even 308 runs were not enough to defend.
"It was a very good batting track and frankly speaking we tried everything. Nothing worked. When I and Rohit were batting we were under pressure because of the quick loss of wickets. On such tracks taking wickets is the key to victory.
"We will go in there and give it our best. But on these pitches you need experienced and quality spinners to tie things up."
He also rejected suggestions that his players had not recovered from fatigue.
"Well, we will now sit down and find out where we went wrong. But it is not everyday you play back-to-back games and we are professional cricketers and we have to manage this," he said.
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