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India became complacent: Dhoni

Kingston: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that his teammates got complacent after polishing off the top-order of the West Indies, which nearly toppled India in the high scoring first one-dayer here on Friday.

India set a massive 340-run target before the host but had to toil hard to defend it before managing a 20-run win at Sabina Park.

“Most of the guys thought that we have won the game when they were seven wickets down but it was a mistake and hopefully we won’t repeat that. It was closer than we had thought,” he said.

About Yuvraj Singh, who played a magnificent knock of 131, Dhoni said, “he has matured as a batsman in the last couple of years. We rely a lot on him. He gets big runs for us in the middle-order.”

Losing skipper Chris Gayle felt that his should have capitalised on the good start.

Gayle said he would also have batted first on the dry track. “I think if we had won the toss we would have batted first because it is a flat track and the wicket seemed a bit dry.” Yuvraj said he exercised restrain to get set before exploding. “I was getting used to the pace initially. After getting 25-30 runs I was comfortable. I got the momentum and played my shots.”— PTI

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