India ended their Champions Trophy campaign with a win but they were left to reflect on an opening defeat which cost them a place in the semis.

The Asian side turned in a professional performance to end the competition on a high - with a seven-wicket win over West Indies at the Wanderers.

It was a display which came too late for Dhoni and his team, who needed Pakistan to beat Australia at Centurion earlier in the day if they were to have any hope of progressing to the semi-final.

They did not get the desired result from the other Group A match as the Australians snuck home by two wickets, so after the beating the Windies, Dhoni was in reflective mood.

"You feel disappointed, but at the same time it's not about where you ranked," captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said in response to a question asked about India entering the competition as one of the favourites. "It's about how good you were in the tournament."

The India skipper felt the opening 54-run defeat to the Pakistanis had eventually proved crucial.

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He continued: "It's tough for me to decide whether we were too bad in the tournament or not. Because one odd game, the first game that we played (against Pakistan), of course, we were off the boil.

"It's very difficult to say if this performance was bad. We played three games - we won one, lost one and one was a washout so it's tough for me to decide."

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Wednesday's win was set up by the bowlers, with three wickets apiece from Ashish Nehra and Praveen Kumar helping dismiss their opponents for a woeful 129 in 36 overs - Devon Smith (21), David Bernard (22) and Darren Sammy (23) all getting starts but nothing more for the second-string Caribbean outfit.

India suffered an early scare in their chase but were led home by man-of-the-match Virat Kohli, who finished with a career-best 79 not out from 104 balls as his side triumphed with 17.5 overs to spare.

India's bowling woes

Asked about what aspects of their game proved a let down in South Africa, Dhoni highlighted their bowling.

He said: "We made quite a few mistakes in this tournament. Of course, giving width to the batsmen is one of the areas. At the same time, I don't think it's such a serious problem that can't be solved.

"Apart from that, I think the fielding department. We can definitely put in a little more effort with that. Every guy can get better by 10 to 15%."

Opposite number Floyd Reifer, who led the Windies in the absence of their first-team regulars - all excluded due to a contractual dispute with their board, which has since been resolved - was pleased with the way their competition had gone.

Reifer all praise for the team

He said: "I thought our team had a good tournament. Our bowlers did really well through the tournament. (Kemar) Roach bowled quickly, Gavin Tonge had a very good tournament as well.

"(Nikita) Miller bowled well and our fielding was really good and as a team I thought we performed fairly well in the tournament."

Reifer was also adamant that their performance in the three games would bode well for the sport in the region.

He added: "These guys are the future of West Indies cricket. This is only their sixth game as a team and the most important thing for us is to keep improving."

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