Win restores India pride: Dhoni

FE Team | Published: September 26, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Captain Mahendra Dhoni said India's World Twenty20 triumph had made amends for their 50-over World Cup nightmare, reports BBC.
The Indians went out at the first stage in the Caribbean but edged out Pakistan in Johannesburg to be crowned the best team in the world in the short format.
"The Twenty20 version will catch on in India. The excitement and type of game it is will be a big hit in India.
"And after the way we departed from the World Cup this will do some repair work for some time," Dhoni explained.
India, whose only previous major silverware was the 1983 World Cup, were not among the fancied nations coming into the competition.
Star batsmen Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly opted out, the team had only played one game in cricket's newest format, while India was the last major Test-playing nation to introduce a domestic Twenty20 competition.
But their success earned them a cash bonus of Â£1.5m from the Indian cricket board, while Yuvraj Singh netted Â£125,000 for hitting six sixes in an over against England.
"It's something I will treasure for the rest of my life," Dhoni said of his team's triumph.
"There was a determination among us. We were not expected to do well because we had not done well in the last World Cup and that was a key point.
"We also enjoyed this format of the game because nothing much was expected from us so we didn't have added pressure or added responsibility on anyone - the guys really enjoyed it and played it match by match."