NAVI MUMBAI: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar foresees Mahendra Singh Dhoni creating a "massive" contribution in India's World Cup campaign and he feels it'll no longer be restricted to the talismanic participant's much-admired instinctive reading of the game.
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Dhoni has been in very good shape in the ongoing Indian Premier League and has to this point accrued 358 runs from 11 matches for the Chennai Super Kings. Gavaskar feels the stumper-batsman will probably be a very powerful to India posting defendable totals in the mega-event starting May 30 in the United Kingdom.
"I think it will be very important because we have a fabulous top-three. But in case the top-three don't make their usual contribution, then Dhoni's contribution down the order, whether it's at number four or five, will make a big difference in India posting a defendable total," Gavaskar mentioned.
The veteran of 125 Tests additionally spoke highly of Dhoni's wicket-keeping skills and how they support skipper Virat Kohli in making box placements.
"...we have seen the wicket-keeping skills that he has. But more importantly as somebody who stands close to the wicket, guiding the spinners where to bowl, guiding the other bowlers also where to ball and making those little field adjustments...," he elaborated.
"...(Virat) Kohli, whose good fielding makes it imperative for him to stand in the deep, at long-off/long-on is also, is unable to look the ones little adjustments of the back-ward level fielder transferring just a little bit to his proper or little bit to his left, similarly square-leg fielder transferring.
"So the ones are the kind of adjustments Dhoni will be able to result in with Kohli's, of-course, complete backing as well," the scorer of 34 Test masses defined.
Gavaskar additionally mentioned the fact that Dhoni has already led India to the 2011 World Cup triumph would make his experience the entire more valuable.
"And when you've got someone who's in fact been in a position where he's taken the strain and taken the team to a win as he did in 2011 (World Cup), this is invaluable to your team.
"So Dhoni's contribution is going to be massive," Gavaskar signed off.
WORLD CUP SCHEDULE
Dhoni has been in very good shape in the ongoing Indian Premier League and has to this point accrued 358 runs from 11 matches for the Chennai Super Kings. Gavaskar feels the stumper-batsman will probably be a very powerful to India posting defendable totals in the mega-event starting May 30 in the United Kingdom.
"I think it will be very important because we have a fabulous top-three. But in case the top-three don't make their usual contribution, then Dhoni's contribution down the order, whether it's at number four or five, will make a big difference in India posting a defendable total," Gavaskar mentioned.
The veteran of 125 Tests additionally spoke highly of Dhoni's wicket-keeping skills and how they support skipper Virat Kohli in making box placements.
"...we have seen the wicket-keeping skills that he has. But more importantly as somebody who stands close to the wicket, guiding the spinners where to bowl, guiding the other bowlers also where to ball and making those little field adjustments...," he elaborated.
"...(Virat) Kohli, whose good fielding makes it imperative for him to stand in the deep, at long-off/long-on is also, is unable to look the ones little adjustments of the back-ward level fielder transferring just a little bit to his proper or little bit to his left, similarly square-leg fielder transferring.
"So the ones are the kind of adjustments Dhoni will be able to result in with Kohli's, of-course, complete backing as well," the scorer of 34 Test masses defined.
Gavaskar additionally mentioned the fact that Dhoni has already led India to the 2011 World Cup triumph would make his experience the entire more valuable.
"And when you've got someone who's in fact been in a position where he's taken the strain and taken the team to a win as he did in 2011 (World Cup), this is invaluable to your team.
"So Dhoni's contribution is going to be massive," Gavaskar signed off.
Dhoni's contribution will be massive in World Cup: Gavaskar
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