Our death bowling has improved: Dhoni

Indian captain attributed the ODI series loss against South Africa to the batting failure.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday attributed the ODI series loss against South Africa to the batting failure but refused to believe that it will be a cause of worry for his side with the World Cup less than a month away.

I think our batting department did not do well in the ODIs. That was the main reason why we lost the ODI series. But,hopefully with the World Cup coming up all will be set right, he said at the post-match conference after India lost the fifth and final ODI by 33 runs and the series 2-3.

He also felt that bowling at the death had seen a big improvement in the series.

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Bowling at the death,it is a big positive for us. The bowlers have done well with the kind of variation they have got. We dont have express bowlers but we have got bowlers who have got skills. That is what they rely on. In this series it was a very satisfactory performance, Dhoni said.

But both the teams were struggling throughout the series when it comes to the middle order performance which meant that both the teams lost quite a few wickets because of which you were not able to see a prolonged slog from both the sides. That may also be a reason. But if we bowl like this in the World Cup,I will be really pleased, said the Indian captain.