Centurian, September 27: With India’s 54-run loss against Pakistan in their Champions Trophy Group A match here, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said if his side were to repeat last night’s poor performance they should pack up and go back home.
”From now onwards it will be a knock-out tournament for us. If we don’t improve in the next two matches it is better we pack up and go back home,” Dhoni said.
”We have to win both the matches against Australia and West Indies if we want to reach semifinals.” The Indian skipper slammed his bowlers for conceding too many runs against the arch rivals.
Dhoni was unhappy that his bowlers conceded so many runs towards the close of Pakistan innings and said he felt three or four bowlers short.
”We fell short by three or four bowlers,” he said.
”In the first eight overs we bowled a bit short and gave away boundary balls. ”From 38th over till the 42nd if I am not wrong we gave away nearly 100 runs. That was crucial. I have never seen so many runs conceding off cut shot.
”Frankly speaking, I was thinking in the middle that it was one of those days in which we fell short by three or four bowlers.
Thankfully, Ashish Nehra and Yusuf Pathan did their job,” he added.
—Agencies