Mumbai: Pacers bad performance in the second T20 match here at the Wankhede Stadium here might have casted doom on India but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni defended his bowlers and said that they need to be supported.

“I think we gave away too many runs bowling short. That is generally the case, the bowlers see a lively wicket or a bit of bounce and they tend to bowl short,” Dhoni said after England’s win six wicket victory.

“It was a wicket where you need to bowl slightly up then it becomes more difficult for the batsmen to score,” he added.

India batters did well to score 177 and were in the match till the last ball of the bowl but a last ball six by English skipper Eoin Morgan off Ashoke Dinda sealed hosts fate.

“It is wrong to judge a player’s performance in a couple of T20 games. If you see Dinda, he has bowled well in whatever games he has played. He is someone who can bowl the yorkers really well but it was difficult to execute the yorker with the dew in place and ball getting wet. Apart from that they can bowl quick. Dinda is a good fielder also. It is important we back these young bowlers. Not to forget, we have got lots of injuries. Most of our first line bowlers have an injury or some kind of a niggle. We need to back the bowlers especially the fast bowlers,” he said.

Dinda conceded 44 runs and took a wicket, while Parvinder Awana ended the match wicketless giving away 42 runs.

“These are the bowlers who have done really well and these are the fast bowlers who can bowl really quick. I feel it is important, especially this time of the year to have bowlers who can bowl really quick, so that they can push the batsmen on to the backfoot,” Dhoni said.

“If you see the spinners bowled well. It gets tough for them when the ball gets wet. I was happy with their performance. We could have scored maybe 10 more runs because we were in a position and they bowled the last 3-4 overs well and we couldn’t put too many runs on the board,” he added.

By Indian Sports News Network