World Twenty20: India will not take Australia lightly
Dhoni and Fletcher would be pleased that India will go into the contest as favourites. (AP Photo)
DHAKA: Was it a change in guard at the top of BCCI which prompted the entire Indian team to turn up for the optional practice session on the eve of their Super 10 clash of the ICC World T20 on Saturday?
Sunil Gavaskar, the new interim chief of the BCCI, has been a vehement critic of optional practice sessions and Dhoni's boys gave him no reason to complain on his first day in office.
As promised by skipper Dhoni on Friday, the batsmen who haven't got enough chance to bat in the games, were given an extended net session.
Apart from the main bowlers, Dhoni himself bowled a mix of medium-pacers and off-spinners at them. His dance after dismissing Yuvraj bowled was not like the one the West Indies team indulged in after beating the Aussies, but it was celebratory nevertheless.
The game against Australia though is serious business. Probably for the first time in World Cup contests, India will go into the contest as favourites.
The Aussies have lost two close games and barring a win by Bangladesh over Pakistan earlier in the day, they have no chance of going through.
However, India are in no mood for philanthropy. They fielded an unchanged side in the Champions Trophy against Pakistan even though they had qualified for the semis and are likely to do the same on Sunday.
R Ashwin was asked if there was a chance of testing the bench and he said, "I'm not so sure about that because it's pretty much like how we played the Champions Trophy. Take one game at a time. We will do what suits us to win that particular game."
Sunil Gavaskar, the new interim chief of the BCCI, has been a vehement critic of optional practice sessions and Dhoni's boys gave him no reason to complain on his first day in office.
As promised by skipper Dhoni on Friday, the batsmen who haven't got enough chance to bat in the games, were given an extended net session.
Apart from the main bowlers, Dhoni himself bowled a mix of medium-pacers and off-spinners at them. His dance after dismissing Yuvraj bowled was not like the one the West Indies team indulged in after beating the Aussies, but it was celebratory nevertheless.
The game against Australia though is serious business. Probably for the first time in World Cup contests, India will go into the contest as favourites.
The Aussies have lost two close games and barring a win by Bangladesh over Pakistan earlier in the day, they have no chance of going through.
However, India are in no mood for philanthropy. They fielded an unchanged side in the Champions Trophy against Pakistan even though they had qualified for the semis and are likely to do the same on Sunday.
R Ashwin was asked if there was a chance of testing the bench and he said, "I'm not so sure about that because it's pretty much like how we played the Champions Trophy. Take one game at a time. We will do what suits us to win that particular game."
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