Dhoni Bemoans Poor Batting

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was left to rue a costly middle-order collapse as New Zealand drew first blood in the opening Twenty20 international at Christchurch.
After losing the toss, Virender Sehwag gave India a near perfect start by smashing youngster Tim Southee for three consecutive sixes in the opening over.
But, having reached 32 for one after just three overs, a mixture of tight bowling and inept batting saw the tourists slump to 61 for five.
Sehwag (26 off 10), Rohit Sharma (seven), Yuvraj Singh (1) and captain Dhoni (two) joined Gautam Gambhir (six) in suffering quick dismissals.
It took a 61-run partnership between Suresh Raina, who top-scored with 61, and Harbhajan Singh (21) to propel the tourists to a competitive total of 162-8.
"We got off to a good start but there was nobody who took the responsibility of staying there in the middle," Dhoni said.
"It's very important to have wickets in hand so you can capitalise on maybe the last four of five overs."
The Indian skipper was happy with his bowlers, particularly Harbhajan, who finished with one for 19 off his four overs.
Zaheer Khan (one for 20) also impressed and Ishant Sharma (one for 35) was unlucky not to have finished with two wickets after striking Martin Guptill leg before with the very first ball he faced.
"I'm quite happy with the way the bowlers bowled. It was a tough wicket, good for batting, so I'm happy with the bowlers," Dhoni told Sky Sports.
"It was nice to see Harbhajan in a good rhythm.
"In a Twenty20 game you don't really want to give them too many runs by giving them too many loose deliveries. If they score off a good ball then fair enough, especially when the ground is so short."
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori was delighted to start the series, which includes one further Twenty20 match, five ODIs and three Tests, with a win, especially after the agony of missing out by one run in the previous game against Australia.
Brendon McCullum batted through, hitting a patient 56 off 49 balls, and forming valuable partnerships with Guptill (54), Ross Taylor (50) and Jacob Oram (60) to steer the Kiwis home.
"It's nice to go 1-0 up, particularly with our record, it hasn't been that great of late," said Vettori.
"We still think we're a decent Twenty20 side but you've got to put results on the board. Hopefully this is the start of something."
Man-of-the-match McCullum was pleased with the way the batsmen constructed the run-chase after a below-par showing saw them score just 149 against Australia in Sydney.
"There was a bit more emphasis put on the singles. We knew that we chased in Australia 90 per cent well and that we probably missed out in key areas," he said.
"We learned from that. To beat a very strong India team, the world champions in Twenty20, is pretty satisfying."