CB Series win - A Testimony to Dhoni`s leadership

Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the Indian team to a historic win against Australia in the Commonwealth Bank Series at Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday. Not many people gave much chance to the young Indian team against Ricky Ponting's team but in the end Dhoni`s youngsters mentored by ageing pro Sachin Tendulkar showed that Ponting`s men can be beaten.

"Of course it was very important because I believe that this is the building stage of my team. Youngsters are in and we have left a few seniors out of the side and there were a lot of questions asked about whether the team can do well in Australia. They say the conditions are tough here to topple the best team in the world," Dhoni said at the post-match press conference. Dhoni admitted that the team was under pressure at the beginning of the tri-series. The Indian skipper said that after the T20 game the pressure was on them especially in the batting department and the onus was on them to prove the critics wrong and they did exactly that. He also gave full credit to Sachin said that the good starts provided by him were critical to the team's success. The other players, too, were ecstatic after the win.

"Well we have won the series. This is what we wanted to do. We are really happy and it’s a great feeling. It is much relief now. Hopefully everything will settle down," Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, said.

"I was not bothered about that. I was here to play some good cricket and I have played throughout the summer we have played fantastic cricket. We are really happy and I am really proud," Harbhajan replied when asked if the controversies affected him.

"It's a great feeling. Winning in Australia for the first time is great and personal performance doesn’t matter. To be honest we play for the country and we try and win for the country," Gautam Gambhir, top scored in the series, said.