When India elected to bowl first at Eden Park, things went according to script as the Indian pacers chipped away with three early wickets. But then began the resurrecting act by Captain Brendan Taylor and Sean Williams who put up a 93-runs stand to stabilise things in the middle. Zimbabwe, largely owing to Taylor’s magnificent hundred, managed 287 on the board and in reply looked very much in the game reducing India to 92 for the loss of four wickets. But then, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni put up an unbeaten 196-run stand to take India home. For the Indian captain, a hard fought win in the final match of the league stage was a good thing ahead of the knock outs. “If you get an easy win, you don't get a lot out of that game,” Dhoni said. “What was good was the spinners were put under pressure and while batting we lost quick wickets initially. That actually put our middle and lower middle order under pressure and we gained a lot out of it.” Dhoni obviously had some words of praise for his middle-order batsman Suresh Raina. “Winning was very important but Suresh Raina’s knock was very crucial,” Dhoni said. “Batting at No. 5, more often than not you don't get an opportunity and you get in to bat maybe after the 38th or 39th over if your top order is batting well. That time you have to slog it out, play the big shot and you get out not scoring many runs. At the end of the day when you get into the knockout stages you want to have runs under your belt. “It doesn't really matter how many runs, but once you get going, it just gives you that good feeling, which I feel is important in the knockout stages. Overall that's one of the main reasons why I would say it was a good game for us.” Talking about the run-chase and the mentalities of batting in the middle-order, Dhoni said, “I think what's important is to break the number of runs into small targets. The way Raina batted at the other end eased up the pressure from me, and he has done it quite a few times. If one is acting slightly cold, the other one has to take over, and you have to run well between the wickets. That's the key factor. You can't always rely on the big shots. You need to be calculative while hitting the big shots when you are batting at No.6 and if you get out, the batsmen after you are under pressure. “The top one, two or three, they can play their big shots because they know there are five batsmen behind them. But when you go in at 6 or 7 you have to think three times before you play the big shot. I feel when there's a partnership going the key is for both of them to run well between the wickets and to make sure when they get the loose deliveries to get the most out of that delivery. You try and break down the target and put the pressure back on the opposition.” India have maintained a clean slate so far in the tournament and when asked if his side would be under pressure in the all crucial knockouts, Dhoni said, “We have the same kind of pressure. I've said it so many times, irrespective of which team we play or which tournament we play, we are under pressure. The good thing is that the boys are quite used to it. Once a few times there have been instances where we are down, but from that position too we have come back strongly and done well. I think from an experience point of view, there may not be too many people in the team who have played 200 or 250 games, but the fluctuation in our performance in the last few years, including the Test performance just pushes the guys to new ways as to how you can get out of pressure. You have this constant pressure on you and still perform and keep the morale high,” the Indian captain said.