Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today expressed surprise at his Pakistani counterpart Shoaib Malik's decision to bat first in the fourth one-dayer which the hosts won to clinch the five-match series here.
"I was surprised to see Shoaib batting first. I had seen the wicket yesterday and we would have definitely fielded first," Dhoni told reporters after winning first ODI series as the captain.

Dhoni, who guided India to their first ODI series win against Pakistan on home soil after 24 years, attributed it to team effort but admitted there were still areas of concern and room for improvement in the side.

"It was a team effort. We lost only one match. If bowlers could not do well today batsmen took up the responsibility.

That's what we are required to do... But we need to look into certain areas. We can still improve in fielding and death bowling," he said.

"Pakistan is consistently doing well in the death bowling, while we have bowled well only in patches," he added.

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