Indian captain Mahendra Sigh Dhoni defended his five-bowler theory and the dropping of Virender Sehwag from the playing eleven in their World Twenty20 Super Eights match against Australia, saying that he had adopted the "horses for courses" policy for the game.
Dhoni's five-bowler strategy backfired against Australia as India suffered a nine-wicket defeat but he backed his decision, saying that one failure did not warrant criticism of the combination.
Dhoni instead blamed the untimely spell of rain before Australia's chase as the reason for his side's humiliating loss on Friday night. He said his spinners failed to make an impact as they could not grip the ball because of the rain.
"One can't criticise five-bowler strategy just because we have done badly in one match. We had done well against England but today rain became a factor."
"Once there was rain, the Australians had an option and they used light roller. Once the ball gets wet, it is very difficult for spinners to grip the ball," Dhoni said.
Image: Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni speaks to Zaheer Khan
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
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