Dhoni Before The Home Series

Dhaka June 12 thanks to the thumping 140 run victory over Pakistan on Tuesday the clash with Bangladesh provides the team management an ideal opportunity to give some of the over worked squad members a break and give new faces a look in for Indias one day outfit involved in a long tri-series in Australia before the IPL rotation policy may be a good idea in lieu of the long season ahead. Some of them even played the home Tests against South Africa in energy sapping heat. Weather conditions in Dhaka are humid and future fixtures the Asia Cup in Pakistan and the tour of Sri Lanka will be equally taxing. A little bit of tinkering with team combination might be in everyones interest and 2 players who have strong cases for rest are young pace sensation Ishant Sharma and wicket keeper captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Ishant has been a precious addition to Indias fast bowling arsenal a rare fast bowler who can unsettle the batsman with pace and his value to the Test team is far greater than what he offers to the one day side. Ishant missed the first two Tests against South Africa because of injury but recovered for the third after which he played 13 out of 14 Twenty20 games for the Kolkata Knight Riders. During Indias Kitply Cup opener against Pakistan Ishant showed discomfort when his knee hit the ground after completing a catch. Perhaps deploying his skills in Tests and key 1 day fixtures is the way forward. Resting him once in a while will give newcomers like Manpreet Gony the chance to make it on the international circuit and the other player who seems in need of a break is Dhoni before the home series against South Africa began he had played 47 1 dayers 11 Tests and eight Twenty20s 105 days of international cricket in a span of 15 months. Since then he played all three Tests against South Africa and entire IPL though he did not keep wicket for the majority of the tournament because of a finger injury. However after the win against Pakistan on Tuesday Dhoni said the hectic playing schedule had to be accepted. It is part and parcel of our profession he said till you are fit you will love to play this game and you get addicted to it. For a cricketer no other addiction is bigger than playing cricket. Kirsten however said there is a longer plan. We are going to look at every player individually and see if there is an opportunity for him to be rested. It is a long year so we will look at opportunities through the year at this stage there is no plan from MSs side to rest. He is very keen to captain this one-day team and take it to more success. So there is nothing planned as yet. That Dhoni wasn’t keen on resting was evident from the squads chosen for the Kitply and Asia Cups. With Dinesh Karthik being dropped Dhoni is the only wicketkeeper in the squad which means he is likely to play each and every game and unless of course God forbid he picks up an injury..

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