Durban, December 22: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded that even though they devised a few plans for the South African batsmen, it didn’t work out well.
The Indian bowlers were plundered for 620 runs at the Centurion and they managed to dismiss only four South African batsmen.
“It was difficult because there was not much help from the wicket. We don’t have bowlers with express pace. They don’t bowl in 140s so they have to be even more precise with their line and length,” Dhoni tried to defend the pace trio of S Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma and rookie Jaydev Unadkat.
“We tried different fields. We tried to contain them but were unsuccessful for the better part of their innings,” the Indian captain said.
–Agencies