Adelaide: After an abject failure of his batting line-up, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday minced no words in telling the Indian batsmen to take more responsibility.
The Indian pacers stuck to their task to restrict the strong Australian batting line-up to a modest 203 for nine but the batsmen messed it up as the visitors crashed to a 50-run defeat in the tri-series One-Dayer here.
Dhoni said the batsmen should back each other and focus on not losing early wickets.
"It's important that the batsmen take more responsibility. The guys must take the initiative when we are playing with five bowlers and one batsman short," Dhoni said after match.
"Especially in these conditions, it's important not to lose any wicket till the 12th over. Because after that the Kukaboora gets softer and comes on to the bat. It's a learning experience that in international cricket you have to give your best," he said.
Dhoni said his getting run out was the turning point of the match and blamed it on Rohit Sharma, who was running for his captain but could not make the ground.
"It was bad reaction from Rohit. Even with the cramps I could have run and made it easily," he said.
Dhoni defended the move to send Irfan Pathan up the batting order.
"It gives more depth to the batting as the rest of the order stays as it is. After him, Rohit comes at No.4, then Yuvi (Yuvraj Singh), me and Robin (Uthappa) at seven. I am happy with the order," he said.
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