Sticking with Dhawan proved right: Shastri

Melbourne: Heaping praise on his players for the emphatic win over South Africa in the cricket World Cup here, team director Ravi Shastri on Sunday said the management’s decision to stick with Shikhar Dhawan, despite his poor form in the run-up to the showpiece event, proved right.
“It was a clinical and professional performance, in batting, bowling and fielding, covering all the departments of the game. It was fabulous. When they play like that you think they can achieve anything. Today, I never thought that the players were detached for a single moment or dropped their guard. They were focussed all through,” Shastri said after India’s 130-run thrashing of South Africa at the MCG.
“I would say those people who were asking why Shikhar was there in (World Cup) squad, they don’t know their cricket. He committed some mistakes during Test series against Australia. He got the starts but got out due to mistakes. But now against Pakistan and today, he was fabulous. He did everything right today, in his approach, shot selection,” said the former India all-rounder. (PTI)