Except for Sehwag, our batsmen are struggling: Dhoni

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said barring Virender Sehwag his batting department was having a tough time in the ongoing cricket triseries in Sri Lanka The Indians might have booked their place in Saturdays final against Sri Lanka after beating New Zealand by 105 runs in a mustwin match today but Dhoni seemed concerned about his sides batting lineup which yet again failed Sehwag topscored for India today with a 93ball 110 to and Dhoni said apart from the dashing opener none of his batsman have got their footing right in the lively Rangagiri Dambulla wicket u00a0He Sehwag is the only batsman who seems to be middling the ball But besides him the whole team is struggling Dhoni told reporters It was really good to bat with him Sehwag Sehwag has always done well in crucial situation In the previous game too he scored 99 and this century was big too he said Besides Sehwag Dhoni 38 and Ravindra Jadeja 17 were the only two batsmen to reach double figures as the Indian middle order comprising Yuvraj Singh Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli struggled once again accumulating only 15 runs between them Dhoni praised his bowlers for their continued impressive display in the series The bowlers did a good job for us Praveen Kumar is a swing bowler and so we give him the new ball He has good control over his swing Ashish Nehra is usually good Munaf also did a good job today Dhoni said Sehwag however did not blame the youngsters and said even he took some innings to settle down early in his career We cant blame the young batsman for fishing outside the off stump Everybody is tempted to play shots Even I took a few innings to settle down in my career he said Electing to bat India were all out for 223 and the bowlers backed them superbly as they shot out the Kiwis for 118 in 301 overs to take the Dhonis men to the finals Manofthematch Sehwag said he was disappointed to get out after doing all the hard work Today was a much better wicket to bat on I felt really disappointed when I got out because I could have taken us through to 270 or more It is pleasing if centuries lead to victories he said I was feeling pain in my back and wanted to take the help of the phsyio The umpires asked me if I can wait for an over but I got out he added Sehwag said Saturdays final would be a good match and hoped India would do well India always does well in do or die situation We performed badly against Sri Lanka and it is now our turn to do well in the finals Im looking forward to the Sri Lanka match he said His New Zealand counterpart Ross Taylor admitted that they were completely outplayed by the Indians today The way Sehwag batted it took the game away from us The way they bowled they bowled full and straight they made us make tough decisions he said Praveen Kumar was special The ball has been swinging all through the tournament For us now it is back to the drawing board he added There was some confusion in the middle with the batting Powerplay and when asked about the incident Dhoni said there was a miscommunication as Kyle Mills had not informed the umpires about the powerplay Mills told me he is taking Powerplay and I arranged my field accordingly and forgot to look at the umpire When we asked in the fith over how many overs left the umpires said the Powerplay is not even on But Mills stood by his word and it was sorted out he said