Vadodara, October 25: Smarting from the agonising four-run defeat in the series opener, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today blamed his bowlers for conceding 20-odd extra runs and said they have to bowl better at death.
In reply to Australia’s mammoth 292 for eight, India reached 288 for eight, that too after Harbhajan Singh (49) and Praveen Kumar (40 not out) came up with a stunning 84-run stand for the eighth wicket off just 57 deliveries.
Dhoni said a target in the vicinity of 270 would have been achievable.
“I would have been happy with 270. That’s more like the score often you would like to chase, specially on a track like this. It was not a track that remained the same. It got slower and slower as the match progressed,” Dhoni said.
–PTI