Have not been able to get a good strike bowler: Dhoni


Mumbai, Oct 26 (IANS): After a 3-2 defeat to South Africa in the One-Day International (ODI) series, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said his team is lacking a good strike bowler who can deliver well and pick wickets specially at the death overs.

"We have not being able to get a good strike bowler. We are lacking in consistency in terms of death bowling. I think it is something which is important to sit and analyse upon. We have been struggling with it for quite some time. We have tried all our options," Dhoni said at the post match press conference.

"It was a very good batting wicket. There was very less turn for spinners. You rarely see bowler going for so much runs. I will have a word with the bowlers now," he said.

Powered by centuries each from Faf du Plessis (133), AB de Villiers (119) and Quinton de Kock (109), the visitors put on a massive score of 438/4 in 50 overs and bowled out a spiritless India for 224 in 26 overs to register a mammoth 214-run win at the Wankhede Stadium here.

Dhoni said that Sunday's fielding effort by his team was the worst he has seen in ODIs.

"This is the worst fielding effort I have ever seen. 439 runs to chase are very difficult. Coming into bat with such a huge target really puts pressure. They batted really well. We wanted to give it a try and go for the win but it was a too big a total to chase," he said.

"We are not short of motivation. We are struggling with a seaming all-rounder. Our lower order batting is on the lighter side when it comes to facing top quality pace bowlers," he said.

In the five-match ODI series, Dhoni tested his players by changing the batting order often. "We have changed the batting line-up to see who fits in well in the batting slot. We are looking for the solution and I hope we will come up with a solution soon."

"I think the spinners fought hard throughout the series. We know that on this wicket, if it is on the flatter side, it is easy to hit sixes. Overall, nothing worked for us. This game was completely taken away from us. It happens in cricket," he said.

  

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  • Francis Mathias, Udupi

    Mon, Oct 26 2015

    Once Mohinder Amarnath had passed remarks that our ion committee is filled with bunch of jokers. This is tragedy of Indian cricket. They do not give chance to promising young players rather they depend on players of their and captain's choice.

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  • Steve, Dubai

    Mon, Oct 26 2015

    MR.Dhoni.. thereis a advisory committee may be you forgot to take their advice...enough is enough..

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  • Rakesh , Mangalore

    Mon, Oct 26 2015

    SMALL COUNTRIES LIKE SRI LANKA & BANGLADESH HAVE BETTER STRIKE BOWLERS THAN INDIA. 1.1 BILLION POPULATION BUT ALL DIFFERENT TYPE SPINNERS !!! WHATEVER, BY LOOSING SO BADLY, PLAYERS SAVED FEW CRORES OF TAX PAYERS MONEY. NEXT TIME BETTER TO TRY WITH 10 SPINNERS AND ONE WICKET KEEPER

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  • Mavin, Kudla

    Mon, Oct 26 2015

    if we still cant nurture a fast bowler as per Mr. Dhoni then we are not a good enough cricketing nation to play anyways .. it is an ridiculous statements made by captain and i wonder why BCCI is still persisting on him to be the captain ..everyone can see that his ideas ,methods nor his thoughts are not working so its the time for him to out and get a fresh blood and let them learn under a new leader such a kohli and rahane ..let them loose a few matches and learn the hard way than resorting to Dhoni thoughout our life ... he is simply incapable.. he has sidelined the indias best players so time has come for him to be sidelined ...Mr. Gangulys and tendulkars need to act now in the BCCI advisory committee and instruct to have a new team

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  • Saleem Baji, Kaikamba

    Mon, Oct 26 2015

    Ha Ha Ha…, Dhoni it’s the right time for you to leave and you have played your part in the Indian Cricket very well and also helped your close associates to amass a huge wealth by playing into the emotions of innocent Indian people who believe that Cricket in India played with passion and love for the country! But it is nothing but playing for the own benefit and unlike other sports, Cricket in India is managed by few privileged for their own benefit rather than for the country.

    Indian Cricket R.I.P. in the hands for few privileged people and let them enjoy!

    Such a big country where almost everyone likes Cricket and can you believe what Dhoni is saying? We don’t have a quality fast bowler…! I think, BCCI and so called the Indian Cricket Management does not want to pick good quality players but they are more than happy to have their own close friends and close relatives in the Indian Team!

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  • vikram, Dubai

    Mon, Oct 26 2015

    absolutely bitter truth...

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