MS Dhoni hopeful of beating Australia at home - Cricket News Update
The triumphant Indian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, has said that the combination he has been given for the crucial tour down under is good enough to overcome mighty Aussies on their home soil.
"This team is looking good and can beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746," said Dhoni while talking to the media reporters before leaving for Australia on Monday.
Though Dhoni is confident his players are capable of trouncing Australia at home, he urged the side to work hard in all the three departments of the game to beat the former world champions, who had ruled the perch of International cricket for almost a decade.
The Harbhajan-Symonds on-field rivalry had always been the talk of India-Australia series, but this time there would be no http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 when the two sides start the battle of pride on Boxing day - the former has been overlooked by the
selectors while the latter has retired from international cricket.
When asked would the Bhaji-Symonds firework be missed by his side, Dhoni said that they will be focusing more on performance then the verbal firework.
"We are keen to keep away from controversies this time," said the Indian skipper who was rested by the Indian selectors in the recently concluded five-match one day series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 after a five-month layoff would boost the morale
of young pacers in the side.
In the meanwhile, the Indian coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742 has not confirmed Zaheer Khan’s complete fitness and availability for the boxing Day Test.
"Zaheer is working on getting back to full fitness," said Fletcher when asked about Zaheer Khan’s recovery.
Talking about the opening duo of Sehwag and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, the Indian skipper said, "It's good to have Sehwag and Gautam at the top of the order who understand each other well and bat in tandem."
During the 70-day-long tour down under, India will play four Tests, two T20 Internationals and a tri-nation series featuring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 as well.
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