Kolkata, Oct 25: Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday said he was satisfied with the overall performance of the team and credited Ravindra Jadeja, as well as the slower bowlers, with scripting the 95-run win in the fifth One Day International against the struggling England.

Dhoni, who received the Man-of-the-Series award for his leadership and all-round performance, said he liked to stay till the end when his side were batting so he could take the pressure on himself.

Excerpts from the press conference:

On the 5-0 series win

It was thoroughly satisfying. As far as this series is concerned, we did really well.

On the wicket

If you looked at the wicket there wouldn’t have been the same kind of confidence. It was to some extent a very ugly-looking wicket today – one ball [would] spin or keep low and it was very difficult to score runs. It was [that kind of wicket] where one can never really say that you are set as a one-off ball can keep low and spin. The kind of purchase that the bowlers were getting in the afternoon, I think it was very difficult for the batsman to score runs. I think we were fortunate to score 270-odd runs on a wicket like this.

On the target

240-245 was the score we had in our minds and then [we wanted to] wait for the wicket to spin. We thought if we looked for270 runs then we might [have got] all out for 220-230 odd runs. We were hoping for 240 runs and then [were looking to] wait for the wicket to spin and do our bit on the field.

I think the partnerships did the trick for us; […] later on the partnerships with Ravindra Jadeja and Praveen Kumar took us to 270 runs.

On being termed the best finisher in the limited overs format

I want to stay until the end and whatever is in my area, I look to hit it over the boundary. If it's not in my area I try to take singles. It's all about putting the bowlers under the same amount of pressure as you are experiencing as a batsman. I was equally supported by the batsmen at the other end.

On the opening partnership between Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter (129 runs)

I think they got off to a very good start and I was thinking this is not the kind of wicket that the scorecard is [reflecting], so I delayed the Powerplay.

On Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling performance

I knew once it started to spin it would be tough for the batsmen to rotate the strike without taking chances. It was a game for the slower bowlers. I think Jadeja bowled really well and he was well supported by the part-timers Manoj Tiwary and Suresh Raina. I think the fast bowlers didn’t really bowl well.

On the fielding performance

We need to improve when it comes to the fast-bowling department [and also as] as fielders.