http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820 stresses to focus on the game rather than rankings – Cricket News Update
India’s World Cup winning skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has stated that his team will pay full attention on playing cricket, rather than just securing the number one status in Test rankings.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has recently released its new list of rankings for teams as well as players, which shows that India is still leading the Test rankings, despite losing some points after the 3-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760,
which they won 1-0.
In addition, the Men in Blue also retained their second spot in ICC’s One-Day International rankings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the final
at the Wankhede Stadium.
Recent reports have revealed that India can lose its top status in the Test rankings if England manages two clear match-wins in the upcoming 4-match npower series.
Indian recently ended their Caribbean tour successfully by defeating Windies in the only Twenty20, five-match ODI series and the 3-match Test series.
"When you represent India and 1.2 billion have expectations from you, I think every series is important," said Dhoni.
India is expected to make a strong comeback in the upcoming http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379, who were all missing in the Caribbean tour.
England has also shown a remarkable performance in the recent series against the World Cup finalists, the Lankan Lion, by defeating them in the Test as well the 5-match ODI series.
India’s tour to England includes a 4-match Test series, five One Day Internationals and one Twenty20.
The tour will start with the Test series, scheduled for July 21, 2011.
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