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"He has won so many trophies for the BCCI. At the same time he's a good human being, good honest man. One series can't make him bad. He's a good leader. Everyone loves him in the dressing room. There's still a lot of cricket left for him. So just wait for some time.
Middle-order batsman Suresh Raina has come out in full support of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying the beleaguered Indian skipper and his achievements "can't be shown disrespect" and that he still has a lot of cricket left in him.
Man of the Match in India's consolation win in the third and final ODI here last night, Raina defended his Chennai Super Kings captain Dhoni, who has come in for criticism following India's first ever series defeat to Bangladesh.
"You can't disrespect him and what he has achieved," Raina said at the post-match press conference.
"He has won so many trophies for the BCCI. At the same time he's a good human being, good honest man. One series can't make him bad. He's a good leader. Everyone loves him in the dressing room. There's still a lot of cricket left for him. So just wait for some time.
"Losing just one series doesn't make you a bad team. I think credit should be given to MS (Dhoni) with the way he led the team with the bat and then marshaled the side to this victory," said the batting all-rounder, who blazed his way to a 21-ball 38 and then chipped in with three wickets.
Dhoni made a gutsy half century after Shikhar Dhawan laid the foundation with a fluent knock. India have lost the series to Bangladesh, but have won 14 out of 20 ODIs in the 2014-15 season, which has put them third behind Australia and New Zealand.
"The team's graph is going upwards definitely. These were the last matches of the season. We don't know when we are next playing one-days. We have done quite well in the format and we are still No.2 in the world. It's not that you become good or bad in just one series," said Raina.
Having stuck to his role as finisher for a long time, Dhoni promoted himself up the order to try and lend India's middle order some backbone.
Raina said, "The way he (Dhoni) has batted in the last two games has showed how important No. 4 is for him. He has taken a lot of responsibility over the years and he showed it today as well. He set the tone for us today with Shikhar.
"Me and Stuey (Binny) had a good partnership after the 40th over, you can execute (big shots) later on. Look at the kind of players we have. Look at Ambati Rayudu, he batted really well with MS also. So if you have a partnership of 70-80, then you can easily accelerate later on."
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