Praising centurion Virat Kohli for his superb batting in the side's series-levelling win against South Africa, Dhoni on Thursday said that it was the first game in which his team did well in all the three departments.
"As a total team we did well, bowled well and batted well. They (batsmen) need to give themselves a bit more time and that was the reason to promote (Suresh) Raina and after he gets going he can play the big shots. Everyone has scored runs in the series now so that's good going into the last match. Virat batted exceedingly well and assessed the conditions well," Dhoni said after the match.
Kohli also praised De Villiers 112-run knock that made him uneasy in the dressing room, "I told him (de Villiers) in the dressing room my heart was in my mouth when he was batting, he plays unbelievable shots. He's a very modest man too, never praises himself so I'll do that for him. The credit goes to him, he fought it out".
"It was a pretty tough wicket to play on and Virat assessed the conditions very well early on. The ball was turning quite a bit and I got a few away at the end, I worked hard and hopefully we'll take some positives to Mumbai," said AB.