Perth: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was lavish in his praise for his two frontline bowlers, Mohit Sharma and Umesh Yadav, who came up with some brilliant outfielding to dismiss South Africans AB de Villiers and David Miller respectively at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.


Virat Kohli (right), Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane (left) during India's fielding session at Perth yesterday. Pics/Suman Chattopadhyay  

Dhoni, in his post-match press conference, had stressed on the significance of fielding, saying that it was crucial for his fielders to add around 10-15 runs to a 280-type total. "The run-outs were the turning point of the match for me as those partnerships could have been dangerous.