The Indians are scheduled to play two Twenty20 matches on February 1 and 2, followed by the tri-series, also involving Sri Lanka, from February 5.
M S Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag (VC), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Unesh Yadav, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan.
MS Dhoni :-
Recent scores - 12 , 2 , 57 , 2 , 6 , 23 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 13.
* 1 score of 50+ in last 10 innings .
Dhoni isnt in the best of forms . However he is a different batsman in ODIs and t20s . He has come under severe criticism because of his failure as a captain and player . So he will be trying his best to prove a point to the selectors and his critics .
His scores in his last 10 ODIs - 75 , 15 , 35 , 87 , 50 , 78 , 69 , 6 , 33 , 91.
Some reasons why he is being criticised by one and all -
Removing forward short leg and silly point when new batsmen are tentatively poking around is a recipe for disaster. Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke were allowed to play themselves back to form in this manner;
* Pushing the field back, thus, allowing easy singles is tailor-made to ease the pressure on batsmen. The three Aussies referred to above as well as Ian Bell, Alistair Cook and Kevin Peterson all benefited hugely from this;
* Resuming the post-lunch session on Day 4 of the Lords Test with part-timer Suresh Raina when Ishant Sharma was on fire and raring to go allowed England to claw its way back in that Test;
* If one opposition batsman has scored a triple century and three others have crossed the 200-mark over the last six away Tests, then something is very, very wrong;
* If lower order opposition batsmen are consistently adding 100 runs-plus in every innings, then there’s something wrong with the way the fielding side is being led.
* Chasing 180-odd runs to win the final Test match against the West Indies at Roseau, India abandoned the chase and settled for a draw with 85 to get from 15 overs @ less than six runs per over.
The ODI series will be a huge test for Dhoni . Further failure might result in him being scrapped from captaincy (test
matches) .
Dhoni averages 69 in Australia ( ODIs ) . India will need their captain to fire in what is going to be a battle of epic proportions .
M S Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag (VC), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Unesh Yadav, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan.
MS Dhoni :-
Recent scores - 12 , 2 , 57 , 2 , 6 , 23 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 13.
* 1 score of 50+ in last 10 innings .
Dhoni isnt in the best of forms . However he is a different batsman in ODIs and t20s . He has come under severe criticism because of his failure as a captain and player . So he will be trying his best to prove a point to the selectors and his critics .
His scores in his last 10 ODIs - 75 , 15 , 35 , 87 , 50 , 78 , 69 , 6 , 33 , 91.
Some reasons why he is being criticised by one and all -
Removing forward short leg and silly point when new batsmen are tentatively poking around is a recipe for disaster. Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke were allowed to play themselves back to form in this manner;
* Pushing the field back, thus, allowing easy singles is tailor-made to ease the pressure on batsmen. The three Aussies referred to above as well as Ian Bell, Alistair Cook and Kevin Peterson all benefited hugely from this;
* Resuming the post-lunch session on Day 4 of the Lords Test with part-timer Suresh Raina when Ishant Sharma was on fire and raring to go allowed England to claw its way back in that Test;
* If one opposition batsman has scored a triple century and three others have crossed the 200-mark over the last six away Tests, then something is very, very wrong;
* If lower order opposition batsmen are consistently adding 100 runs-plus in every innings, then there’s something wrong with the way the fielding side is being led.
* Chasing 180-odd runs to win the final Test match against the West Indies at Roseau, India abandoned the chase and settled for a draw with 85 to get from 15 overs @ less than six runs per over.
The ODI series will be a huge test for Dhoni . Further failure might result in him being scrapped from captaincy (test
matches) .
Dhoni averages 69 in Australia ( ODIs ) . India will need their captain to fire in what is going to be a battle of epic proportions .
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