Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised the Yuvraj Singh who scored 131runs in just 102 balls which includes seven massive sixes as India defeated West Indies by 20 runs in the first ODI at Kingston.

Dhoni said that in last couple of years Yuvraj has matured as a batsman and their team now relies heavily on him to fire as Yuvraj plays big innings in the middle order.

Dhoni further added that Yuvraj always play aggressively and once he get set on the crease they can hope for big scores as he always scores good with a very good strike rate.

India set a huge target of 340 runs in 50 overs as Indian batsmen slammed 14 sixes against the West Indies bowling attack while West Indies team returned to pavilion with 319 runs on the board in just 48.1 overs in the first ODI match at Kingston.

India will now play against West Indies in second ODI match at the same venue on Sunday as Indian team will be looking for clean sweep to move to the second spot in the ICC ODI rankings.