Don't Miss

India's CWG 2026 Medal Tally Lowest In 24 Years, Yet Among The Best

Tactical Self-Destruction: How England Threw Away Their World Cup Final Dream

Bundesliga Blueprint: How Zee Plans To Complete India's Football Jigsaw

Manuel Neuer Doesn't Know Where To Stop: Not On The Pitch, Not In His Career

Advertisement

ENG

Dark / Light mode

Oct 9,2026 12:50 PM IST

We didn't judge the wicket well: Dhoni

facebook

twitter

WhatsApp

Settings

Select Language

Dark / Light mode

Search

Cricket

arrow-down reddit snapchat twitter facebook comments email printer search bell top-nav reddit-fill snapchat-fill twitter-fill facebook-fill share whatsapp-fill bookmark arrow-rgt arrow-next arrow-up refresh close link cog star book zap cricket football tennis formula-1 badminton hockey golf boxing ndtv-n check left-arrow right-arrow

Live Cricket Matches

India Matches

IPL 2026

Football Matches

ISL

EPL

All Matches

India Matches

EPL

Sports Home Cricket News We didnt judge the wicket well Dhoni

Related Articles

Story ProgressBack to home

We didn't judge the wicket well: Dhoni

A dejected MS Dhoni said his team failed to gauge the wicket and felt that batsmen should have paid more respect to the Windies bowlers in the 2nd ODI.

Read Time: 3 min

Kingston:

Smarting from the eight-wicket defeat to West Indies, a dejected Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his team failed to gauge the wicket and felt that batsmen should have paid more respect to the rival bowlers.

Dhoni stood amid the ruins with a sedate 95 as India suffered a batting collapse against some fierce fast bowling to be dismissed for a modest 188 in 48.2 overs on Sunday.

"We should have paid a little more respect to the bowlers. The wicket was a bit difficult, it was swinging around a bit. We didn't judge the wicket well and just went around playing our strokes which really brought our downfall," Dhoni said after the match.

"Once you lose too many wickets then the only thing that you are doing is catching up. RP and me had a partnership otherwise it would have been quite embarrassing," he added.

Dhoni forged a record 101-run partnership for the ninth wicket with RP Singh to stage India's recovery after they were reduced to 82-8 in 22 overs.

Dhoni said India could have scored a good total if they would have got off to a better start as the wicket became favourable for batting later on.

"Later on, the wicket became better for batting. When you are batting first, initially you expect the wicket to do a bit and it is the first half an hour and after that you can capitalise if you get up a good start," he said.

Talking about Yuvraj Singh, who hit 35 on Sunday, Dhoni said, "Yuvraj is the man in-form, he is getting the run for us but we can't expect one individual to score in one and every game."

Fully aware that they can't defend such a modest total, Dhoni said he just tried to make life difficult for the rival batsmen.

"You can't expect to bowl the opponent out within 180, especially on a wicket like this. We just wanted to make it difficult. As long as we can stay on the wicket and make it difficult for them to score runs, that was the motivation," he said.

Meanwhile, West Indies skipper Chris Gayle lauded his bowlers Ravi Rampaul and Jerome Taylor for setting up the win for them.

"It is nice to square the series. There were some good performances from the guys. Rampaul and Taylor set the game for us and from now we will look to go strength to strength," he said.

"There was moisture in the wicket and Taylor and Ravi utilised it well, and the catching was also good, so we just need to keep working on our game.

Gayle also lavished praise on Dhoni and RP Singh for their batting display.

"Credit goes to Dhoni and RP, they batted really well. We couldn't get that particular wicket at that time but we were confident that we can chase the total in the end," he said.

Featured Video Of The Day

CWG 2026 Weightlifting Gold Medallist, Mirabai Chanu Get Hero's Welcome in Delhi

Topics mentioned in this article

Cricket Sreesanth

Get the Latest Cricket, Asian Games 2026, Football , Hockey, Badminton Scores, F1 Results at NDTV Sports. Like Us On Facebook Or Follow Us On Twitter For More Sports Updates. You Can Also Download The NDTV Cricket App For Android Or iOS.

Advertisement

Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com

Advertisement

ICC Rankings

Advertisement

Now Trending

Advertisement

Trending Links

Follow us on:

facebook

twitter

Cricket

Football

More Sports

Formula 1 Tennis Hockey Badminton Golf Nba Kabaddi Shooting Swimming Table Tennis

This website follows the DNPA Code of Ethics © Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2026. All rights reserved.