Full credit to bowlers for the win: Virender Sehwag

Stand-in Indian captain Virender Sehwag said he feared at one stage that Sri Lanka would score 350 in the third one-dayer here today and gave full credit to his bowlers for bringing the home team back into the game with a disciplined effort.

"At one stage, I thought Sri Lanka would score 350-400 the way they were going. But Ashish Nehra bowled well in the powerplay and then Ravindra Jadeja and Harbhajan Singh took over to change the game. They kept the ball slow and low," Sehwag said after India's seven-wicket victory to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
   
"At one time Sri Lankans were 165 for one and our bowlers did a terrific job to bring us back into the game. They took wickets at crucial moments. Full credit goes to them," he added.
    
Sehwag lavished praise on Jadeja, who produced his career-best 4 for 32, for turning the game in favour of India.
    
"When Jadeja took over, the game changed a lot and he bowled really well. He brought us back into the game after the Lankans were going great guns. He also bowled economically giving away just 32 runs from his 10 overs and took four wickets," said the Delhi dasher.

He also gave credit to his batsmen for capitalising on the good show by the bowlers and praise Tendulkar in particular.

"We began well and I utilised the first few overs well before Sachin (Tendulkar) took over. He batted really well to take us through," Sehwag said.