“Yuvraj wasn’t in great nick and if I had gone in at number three after Sehwag and Sachin got out early, the pressure would have come on the youngsters and that’s not fair,” he says. “They are looking to play well and earn a few matches for themselves. Once these boys get ready, I can think about going up the order.”
In his thinking, in his rise from a small town, in his batting, and in his captaincy, Dhoni doesn’t cease to amaze. India’s first national icon from Jharkhand gives an impression that — successful or not — he will continue to break the shackles of tradition before his time is over.
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