India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that his teammates got complacent after polishing the top-order of the West Indies, who nearly toppled India in the high scoring first one-dayer here on Friday.

"Most of the guys thought that we have won the game when they were seven wickets down but it was a mistake and hopefully we wont repeat that. It was more close than thought," he said after the match.

Speaking about Yuvraj Singh, who played a magnificent knock of 131 he said, "He has matured as a batsman in the last couple of years. We rely a lot on him. He gets big runs for us in the middle-order. Dhoni said handing Ashish Nehra the ball in the closing stage was a gamble which paid off. "It was a gamble. We were thinking of giving that over to an off-spinner or a pacer. Finally we chose a pacer as the ball was getting reverse swing," he said.

Man-of-the-Match Yuvraj said he exercised restrain to get set before exploding. "I was getting used to the pace initially. After getting 25-30 runs I was comfortable. I got the momentum and played my shots. The partnership with Dinesh and Dhoni got us to the big total," he said.

 

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