Dhoni says no rotation policy in Sunday’s tri-series match against Australia – Cricket News Update
Indian captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 has said that he will not use the contentious rotation policy in Sunday’s crucial tri-series match against Australia, to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Speaking to the media reporters on Saturday, the 30-year-old wicketkeeper batsman from Ranchi said that they never had plans of rotating players in the latter stages of the league matches.
“We are not looking to rotate. It's injuries which are now rotating the players. It's not in our control,” said Mahendra Singh Dhoni ahead of the must win Commonwealth Bank series match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 to be played at the SCG, tomorrow, February 26, 2012.
“I had said we would rotate in the first half of the tournament because then you can rotate, it didn't put pressure on us because we were in the early part of the tournament," he added further.
Having lost three of their six tri-series matches played so far, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 are currently bottom of the Commonwealth Bank series points table with a tally of 10 points. Tomorrow’s match against the hosts is a must win for the Men in Blue, to keep their chances
alive of making the best of three finals. Dhoni said that he will field his best eleven to ensure a berth in the finals.
"… now it's a do-or-die match. The best eleven players should play unless and until injury is an issue," said the Indian skipper who has been much criticised for his contentious rotation policy over the past couple of weeks.
Dhoni has been rotating three senior openers – swashbuckling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 – in the league matches played so far, a move that has come under scrutiny. But Dhoni justified his decision,
saying he was rotating the senior players to ensure good fielding standards, an explanation that gave rise to further confrontation between Dhoni and his experienced horses.
With just two games to go, Dhoni is well aware of the fact that he would have to field his best players to earn a berth in the final.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 is at the top with 15 points from six games while Australia trails them by just one point from an equal number of games.
Tags: