Kohli is learning from his mistakes: Dhoni

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: January 12, 2010

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Mirpur: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lavished praise on youngster Virat Kohli for scoring his second ODI hundred to guide India to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh in the final league game before the final to be played on Wednesday against Sri Lanka.

Kohli cracked an unbeaten 102, his third consecutive fifty-plus score, to complete a comprehensive win for India. “He is learning quickly from his mistakes and shaping up well. Early on in his career, he had committed a few mistakes and failed to carry on his innings after a good start. But since the Australia series, he has picked up well, which is evident from his performance,” Dhoni said after the match.

Dhoni, however, was quick to add that it was the all-round performance of the team and not one individual which was responsible for the good show. “It’s not about individuals performing well, but the whole team is contributing. It’s a continuous effort from the side that we are playing some good cricket,” Dhoni said.

“We got a good start with (Dinesh) Karthik and (Gautam) Gambhir batting extremely well, and then Virat took over and went on to score a hundred. In cricket, it’s important that one carries on through the innings and others contribute and support him. And that’s what happened today,” Dhoni added.

Kohli, who was adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant performance, said that he was now looking forward to replicate the performance against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. “I am happy with the way I played today. I was going great and hope to continue the good run in the final also. I am scoring good runs and converting starts into big knocks now, that is a good sign,” Kohli said.

“With no dew today, batting became a lot easier for me and I went on to score a hundred. I had committed a number of mistakes earlier and played some bad shots or threw away my wicket. But now, I have learnt from those mistakes and am getting big scores which is giving me confidence,” he added.

Meanwhile, a disappointed Bangladesh captain, Shakib Al Hasan, said that Bangladesh only had themselves to blame for the defeat. “I thought with no dew today we would do better, but that did not happen. We failed to deliver,” he said.

However, he praised young Mohammad Mahmudullah and hoped he would improve in future. “Mahmudullah played brilliantly in the series; he is one of the youngsters to watch out for. Overall, the youngsters have played well in the series. But it is always important to learn from mistakes and do better,” Shakib said.

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