Injuries, bad luck hampered India: Dhoni

By Ashish Shukla
Cardiff, Sep 17 (PTI) Thoroughly outplayed in both the
Tests and ODIs, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
said the miserable tour of England was all about adjusting to
shock injuries that pushed his team on the backfoot and
dealing with a wretched run of bad luck.
India suffered a humiliating whitewash in the four-match
Test series before losing the five-match ODI series 0-3 here
yesterday.
In final assessment, Dhoni said injury to several key
team members played a huge part in the debacle.
"I have not seen so many injuries in the last five years.
To see 9-11 players get injured in one series has been
shocking. In the ODI series we also did not have luck," he
said at the press conference after India lost the fifth and
final ODI by six wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis method here.
"If you look at the first two Tests, we were left with
three bowlers. If your bowling starts looking weak, the
pressure piles on batsmen. You cannot carry a team
consistently on just one department.
"If Zaheer was there in the first Test and we could have
pressed advantage in the second innings instead of relying on
part-timers. It could have looked different. But it's
important what we did. There is no point in sulking," Dhoni
said.
Dhoni, however, said that his side would not be thinking
of revenge when England tour India next month to play five
one-day matches.
"You should not have such a feeling. If you have revenge
in your mind, you become desperate and start putting pressure
on the whole side. It's better to stick to basics," he said.