Indian captain Saurav Ganguly on Sunday put up a brave face following yet another failure with the bat and drew solace from the fact that he claimed two wickets in the triangular one-day series match against Zimbabwe.

"If not with the bat, at least with the ball I had something," said Ganguly after India's comprehensive nine wicket win over Zimbabwe. "It was good I had a couple of wickets and a catch from the game."

Expressing satisfaction with his team's performance, Ganguly said, "We bowled and batted well. It's just one game and we still have four left, including the final. It will be all-important because we have not been doing well in finals."

Ganguly admitted it was an important toss to win. "The toss was important because the wicket was doing a bit. Our bowlers bowled pretty well and they (Zimbabwe) didn't bat that well. I thought it (toss) would make a difference but I never thought it would make so much of difference," he said. "It was a good wicket when India went into bat. You rarely get such wickets with so much of life in the first session in a one-day match. I had seen it in Toronto when wickets had so much life and I saw it today."

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