145 would have been safe: MS Dhoni

BANGALORE: India skipper MS Dhoni blamed a less-than-par total for the defeat against Pakistan in the T20I on Tuesday.
"If we would have got more runs. We got a good start, fantastic effort by the openers but we kept losing wickets after that. 145 would have been a safe score," Dhoni said after the match.
When asked why didn't he keep a pacer to bowl the final over, Dhoni said, "That gamble was done three or four overs before that.At that time, Pakistan were scoring at a high pace, we had to take that gamble."
Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez, also the Man of the Match, was elated with the team's effort. "It's a great effort, we wanted to do well at the start of the series. Irfan was the surprise package for us and everybody. We knew that we had a good attack. The bowlers restricted India where we wanted them to. "
Shoaib Malik, who hit the winning six, remarked, "We were struggling when the debutant bowler, I don't remember his name, took those early wickets."
When told one member of his family (wife Sania Mirza) won't be happy, he chuckled, "I scored runs. Everyone will be happy."