dhoni captaincy was the difference. a captain comes in the picture esp during the fielding part. (agreed, for deciding on winning the toss, making changes in batting order, etc. also is imp) in this t20 tourney, dhoni used his bowlers very well, even for defending totals as low as 143 or 157, etc. totals having 8 runs avg. also looks mediocre. but dhoni defended these totals, there shows his real captaincy skills. it also shows in this t20 wc, that it was more for bowlers to take credit, than for batsman except individual brilliance of batsman like yuvi,gambhir.