Batting failure did us in: Dhoni

Bounced out for the second straight game and virtually of the competition, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, however, refused to admit the Indian batting’s inability to cope with the short stuff, blaming the pressures of the format for the successive defeats instead.
“It’s no rocket science, it’s not that we have come up against it suddenly. Outside the subcontinent, we always have to face short-pitched deliveries, so we are equipped to cope with them. But the problem in T20 is that if the opposition consistently bowls short, you can’t leave too many balls and the pressure to score increases. We had prepared well for the tournament, we knew we will face short-pitched stuff but the execution was not good on our part,” Dhoni said.
In a match delayed by 30 minutes due to damp pitch, the Indian skipper defended his decision to bowl first and without an extra bowler, blaming the defeat on batting failure. “Batting has always been our strength. Chasing 170 wasn’t impossible but our batting failed. Our bowlers did well; the opening bowlers are doing extremely well and have given us a good start in the first six overs. Most of the batsmen have struggled against our spinners as well, specially Bhajji. I don’t think we were short of bowlers,” he said.