Dhoni is one man who never minced his words and always spoke the truth especially about his ability.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have silenced his detractors with afine knock in the third ODI against New Zealand here but the India captain, assessing his batting in recent times, said: “I am losing an ability to freely rotate in the middle”.
Dhoni struck 80 off 91 balls and shared a 151-run partnership for the third wicket with Virat Kohli (154) to guide India to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the third ODI and help the hosts take a 2-1 lead in the five-match ODI series.
The captain moved himself up to number four. “I have batted lower down for a long time, I think 200 innings down the order. To some extent I am losing my ability to freely rotate in the middle, so I have decided to bat up and let others finish,” Dhoni said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
He added,”But I know I should still look for the big shots. Once you get 15-20 runs, you get into the groove. There were points in the middle where I had to pull myself from playing big shots, and batting with Virat helps because we know we can get boundaries, and get those quick singles and doubles.”
Kohli slammed his runs off only 134 balls, hitting 16 boundaries and a six.
About his in-form vice-captain, Dhoni said, “Right from the start, he is somebody who always wanted to improve to win games for India. He is somebody who has learnt a lot and he is somebody who knows his strengths really well. It’s very difficult to say what the top level is in cricket, but Kohli has done India proud.”
Dhoni acknowledged the performance of Kedar Jadav, who picked up 3-29 in 5 overs.
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