Wellington, Feb. 27: India may have gone down to New Zealand again but captain M.S. Dhoni prefers to take the positives out of the game, even managing a smile. "I am not an angry captain. I am not too worried about the result. I am more concerned about the commitment and effort. I believe the players gave more than a 100 per cent, and that was great," he said after Friday’s game.

Dhoni termed the two T20 games good match practice ahead of the five-match one-day series. "There is no point in sulking and complaining that we lost two games. I am happy with the preparation. Most of the guys have spent reasonable time at the wicket, and they know how the pitches will behave," he said. Excerpts:

On the game: It was quite a close match. That is what Twenty20 is all about. It’s not just about huge hits, but also plenty of wickets, some big sixes, you want the game to go till the end. When we got 150, most people would have thought that New Zealand would win in 15 or 16 overs. But I am really proud of the side, the way we came back after the first three or four overs. I thought Harbhajan and Jadeja were fantastic. Also, Zaheer’s second spell was amazing, he put in his full effort and was at his best. Irfan too came back well in his last two overs.

It was sad to lose Ishant to a shoulder injury. In the batting, we can do better, we are a much more talented batting unit.

On the final over: With 12 needed off six deliveries, we knew it would be close. Cricket is a cruel game, anything can happen, so we were just taking it ball by ball.

On the batsmen: Our batting was perhaps a backlash of the first game we played. We lost wickets quickly again. When Yuvi and I were batting, we were comfortably placed, scoring at 6.5 or 7 an over. But that was reduced to maybe 3 overs at the end after we lost Yuvi and Yusuf in quick succession.