Skipper hoping for yet another win at nagpur's new cricket destination
Skipper hoping for yet another win at nagpur'su00a0 new cricket destination
Mahendra Singh Dhoni returns to a form of the game which he doesn't have good memories of Twenty20.
Dhoni had to endure the most testing time of his two-year captaincy stint when India failed miserably to defend its World T20 crown in England. Plus, there was his reported feud with star batsman Virender Sehwag, who missed the tournament due to a shoulder injury.
Obviously, Dhoni, who just experienced the euphoria of leading India to the top of the Test rankings, will not want to turn back the clock to the frustrating period in England.
However, heu00a0 brought up the fact how India have fared well in the recent past at Nagpur, the venue of today's first T20 international against the touring Sri Lankans. "I hope we continue our winning ways in Nagpur. We won the Test match here against Australia last year and recently we beat the Aussies in the one-day international," said Dhoni.
The new Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Jamtha hosted its first game in November, 2008 during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India won the Test in handsome fashion. When it came to last October's one-day international, Dhoni helped himself to a match-winning hundred.
No changePlaying their first limited overs game after a three-match Test series, the skipper didn't feel the batsmen had to change their approach too much.
"Most of our players are positive players, looking for strokes and runs. I don't think you need to change your game too much. Of course a few others need to change according to the requirements," he said. It is learnt that paceman S Sreesanth, who the captain said may be down with diarrhea, is suffering from fever too.u00a0 His illness caused his parents to make repeated calls to media manager Rajan Nair to enquire about his health.
