Dhoni hails Kohli's 'incredible innings'He needs to pay me for running all his runs," Dhoni joked, when asked about completing runs that wouldn't have been possible most times. "I've said in the middle overs if you're a good runner that really takes the pressure of you. I'm not somebody who is great. I play unorthodox cricket, push it in the middle, and run one or two. If it is in your area, hit it for six. It is very simple.
"Every team has fielders who are not the quickest. There are those who
are quick but don't have a strong shoulder. There are only a few, with
us we have Ravindra Jadeja who can field anywhere and everywhere, we
have a Virat Kohli who can do that. But not every team has four or five
fielders who can field at important places. That's where you find them
and when it goes there I'll try to push him for that extra run. And if
you do that, it puts a lot of pressure on the bowlers."
There was a point in India's chase where it seemed like they had hit a
road block. Yuvraj, who walked in at No. 5, hurt his ankle and had to be
attended to by the physio. After that, India missed at least three
opportunities to pick a second run, raising question marks over his
fitness. While Yuvraj soldiered on to make an 18-ball 21, the discomfort
while running between the wickets was evident.
Dhoni wasn't sure about the extent of Yuvraj's injury but mentioned the
need to have a replacement ready should they need one going into the
semi-final, against West Indies on Thursday. "We have to look at
Yuvraj's injury," he said. "Especially tomorrow morning or close to 24
hours you will get a good opinion about what kind of injury it is.
"We would definitely like to keep a replacement ready, like you see how
Bhuvneshwar [Kumar] is travelling with us. So that he is in touch with
cricket, and travelling with us. So that he's in that mental space where
if he has to play immediately, he's ready to perform. So we'll
definitely call for a replacement if the physio says it's really bad,
we'll take it forward from there."
