Self-belief Biggest Strength For MS Dhoni’s Men

By: Drcricket7 Staff

To many of the cricket followers, it was a big surprise to see the way MS Dhoni and his men turned the tables in the T20 series in Australia after losing the ODI series to the hosts.

It was true that our bowlers found it tough to unsettle the Aussies and lost first four matches of the ODI, but the Indian team always knew one thing and that they were falling short by little.

It was this self-belief that took the team to a different level in the T20 series. They not only blanked the Aussies, but also played like the defending champions.

When in reality Sri Lanka are the real defending champions in World T20 and they did remarkable well to outplay India in the opening match of the subsequent T20 series on a spongy Pune track.

But all the Lankan hopes came crashing down in the second match of the series, where India were able to level the series.

In the final game of the series, India again came back with a vengeance, stuck to the basic game plan to win the T20 series against Sri Lanka.

India’s performance has improved so much in last fifteen days or so that they now stand a chance of reclaiming the Asia Cup, which is again a T20 tournament before the World T20 Championship at home.

With two back-to-back T20 series wins, India are certainly very high on confidence quotient, but they aren’t overtly excited about it.

They want to take one step a time. The team needed momentum, which the players got. They are not even worried about peaking early. That is because winning in T20 cricket is all about momentum and less about hitting the form early.

What is unique about this team is that they want to build on their hard work and keep performing in all departments of the game.