Talking about Yuvraj Singh, who hit 35 on Sunday, Dhoni said, “Yuvraj is the man in-form, he is getting the runs for us but we can’t expect one individual to score in each and every game.”

Fully aware that they couldn’t have defended such a modest total, Dhoni said he just tried to make life difficult for the rival batsmen. “You can’t expect to bowl the opponent out within 180, especially on a wicket like this. We just wanted to make it difficult. As long as we can stay on the wicket and make it difficult for them to score runs, that was the motivation,” he said.

Meanwhile, West Indies skipper Chris Gayle lauded his bowlers Ravi Rampaul and Jerome Taylor for setting up the win for them. “It is nice to square the series. There were some good performances from the guys. Rampaul and Taylor set the game for us and from now we will look to go from strength to strength,” he said. “There was moisture in the wicket and Taylor and Ravi utilised it well, and the catching was also good, so we just need to keep working on our game.”

Gayle also lavished praise on Dhoni and RP Singh for their batting display. “Credit goes to Dhoni and RP, they batted really well. We couldn’t get that particular wicket at that time but we were confident that we can chase the total in the end,” he said.