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India captain MS Dhoni praised Shikhar Dhawan for his century in their 130-run win against South Africa at the Cricket World Cup.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) MS Dhoni, India captain (on centurion Shikhar Dhawan):

"I think he batted really well. The reason was, if you see him, he was putting in effort in the net sessions and, as I said, a lot of times people talk about form, but form is somebody that nobody sees. It's just a matter of 15, 20 minutes, and maybe it was something that he spent in the last game, that 20 minutes of initial batting that really helped him. Today also you can see he was really batting the way he bats when it was there to play the big shots, he did play it, and he was also rotating the strike. He made sure that once he got his hundred he was still there at the crease so it was easier for the other batsmen also. So, it's important if you get a hundred and if you are able to score 130 or 140 runs you will always see the team getting those extra 20 or 25 runs. So it was good on his part to make sure that he stays 'til the end because the general tendency at times is for the openers is to after the 25th over they like to play their big shots, they think their job is over, but I think in these conditions once you are set you have to make the most of it."