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'The bowlers started it all...and were backed by some good fielding'

June 20, 2016 20:30 IST
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IMAGE: MS Dhoni, the limited-overs captain of India, during a training session. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was pleased with the way his bowlers performed as India decimated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the second T20 to level the three-match series in style.

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Led by paceman Barinder Sran, who returned best bowling figures for India on T20 debut with a four-wicket haul, the visitors restricted to Zimbabwe 99 for nine and overhauled the target with consummate ease. 

"It is a big victory. The bowlers started it all, important to start well and they bowled at right length.

"I was a bit worried that it was the third match on the same wicket and we would have also batted if we had won the toss," said Dhoni at the post-match presentation ceremony.

The Indian captain said that the good show by the bowlers was well complimented by the fielders. 

"Bowling was backed by some good fielding, I emphasized that we had to run harder than we did in the last game. In the shorter format, it is very important," he said. Sran was adjudged the Man of the Match for his four for 10 from four overs. 

"It was fun, the ball swung. There was no pressure, the debut came late. I was not concentrating on pace but on swinging the ball since the pitch was suitable for that kind of bowling," he said.

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