We should’ve had 10-15 more runs on the board: Dhoni

For Mahendra Singh Dhoni, missing out on winning a limited overs competition in Sri Lanka is a rarity. Ever since he took over as captain in 2007, only once has Dhoni returned without the ultimate silverware. That was before yesterdays exit from the ICC World T20 in Colombo. Though India beat South Africa by one run, they couldnt qualify for the semis due to inferior net run-rate. The skipper had good reason to feel gutted. His team didnt lack experience. Six of yesterdays playing XI featured in the victorious 2007 World T20 squad. Dhoni couldnt help bringing up the rain factor yet again against Australia in a match which the men from Down Under won by nine wickets. If you take the Australia game out, where the rain intervened, we performed brilliantly. We cant have control over how other teams played, said Dhoni last night. Overall, Im quite happy with how the team performed. There were instances where we should have had 10-15 runs more on the board. We lost too many wickets early, Dhoni added. SA captain AB de Villiers said: We had a poor tournament. Weve let the country down. Semi-final line-up Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Thurs, 7pm Australia vs West Indies, Fri, 7pm (Live on Star Cricket, ESPN & DD)u00a0