Dhoni is now matured

Anshuman Gaekwad

India got a very good ODI side and favourites in the tri series in Bangladesh. T20 IPL Cricket helped Indian team to fine-tune the players.All players are in good form and plyed matches for last two months. Moreover, we shouldn't forget that Team India won the last one-day tournament in Australia beating World Champions.That will remain a tremendous achievement and boost Dhoni & Co.

Ofcourse Indian team will feel the absence of an experienced batsman like Sachin Tendulkar or Rahul Dravid and the absence of bowlers like Harbhajan, Zaheer and Sreesanth.But they have promising cricketers in the team and Tri Series will be ideal for them to prove their performance in international level.

The bowling looks strong enough but it will be a testing time for batsman specially if they loose few quick wickets then somebody will have to rise to play the role of Rahul Dravid of holding one end.

Gambhir and Sehwag's left- right combination will be perfect at the top. Sehwag will need to curb his instincts slightly.He must continue the form which he showed in IPL.He hasn't been as consistent in this form of the game and this series and the Asia Cup could well be the destination where he thumps his authority.Gambhir should take the role of Sachin here and should stay for a long in the crease.

Rohit Sharma has good technique and can handle pace and spin equally well. The captain must be thinking at sending him one down. Yuvraj and Dhoni -Two bets finishers will lend solidity to the line up.Robin Uthappa or Yusuf Pathan or even both may get chance to play in the final eleven. The bowling exploits of Yusuf and the batting skills of younger brother Irfan give a nice flexibility to the line up. Praveen Kumar and Piyush Chawla are both handy with the bat down the order. I must say that After a great performance in the IPL its time to watch Yusuf Pathan in this Tri-Series.Waiting to see another success from this young cricketer from my own place.
Irfan, RP Singh, Piyush Chawla and Manpreet Gony shown superb performance in the Indian Premier League. Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar didn't get many wickets but were extremely tough to score off.

Irfan, Ishant and Piyush Chawla seem to be certainties in the team while one of Praveen and RP Singh or both will play depending on whether one or both of Uthappa and Yusuf play.

It will be really a tough job for Dhoni to pick final eleven but also a good sign for future of Indian Cricket.After a long period , Indian Cricket got a bunch of Young talented players.Piyush Chawla is slightly vulnerable to going for runs and the spin tackling abilities of the batsmen of other two teams involved will only make life difficult. This is where the team would be looking to play five bowlers and use Sehwag and Yusuf Pathan in case the need be.
Dhoni is now matured into a brilliant captain and capable of handling tough situations.He remains calm and collected , tactically sound. I am sure he will handle these bunch of talent nicely.

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