Dhoni steps down as captain and he is now in the limelight with being as a wicketkeeper batsmen, although his Standing behind the stumps have never meet an concern as his batting did here and there and now it's likely in the radar regarding runs have conceded.
While time will tell few answers, regarding can he keep on performing in order to stay in the squad. But there are few others in the ODI squad where their careers are at cross roads and few coming back with domestic form and some with back of injuries.
Of those players it's Yuvraj incision in both the ODIS and T20Is came as a surprise since he played his last ODI in 2013 against South Africa and it is due his form in domestic circuit earned him a spot in the squad. But the spot in playing XI under the circumstances where team searching for fishers in the middle order with young players, will be a hard earn and his spot is likely depend on the performance of Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav.
So the middle order is where ODI team lacking consistency and it will be tricky choice to choose Yuvraj with young players yet to establish themselves, while with the recent New Zealand series Manish scored medcore knocks apart from his maiden century in Sydney, he hadn't played an characteristic innings. But with his reputation known to be an big match player the team in scene ready to give him more opportunities.
On the other hand Jadhav proved to be more an handy part timer bowler to a wicket taker when the ball went to him, although he showed his big hitting capability twice at a glimpse but consistency is what remains to be achieved.
Meanwhile the opening slots are high in cards with Rohit being injured, and the return of Dhawan back of a injury is going to be an debatable one, since Rahul going through with some form it's unlikely he gonna sit out. While it is with Rahane where Dhawan’s slot meets for this his performance in the practice games will be crucial in contention for the opening slot.
And it's high time for Rahane with being jumbled down and up in the order and he is yet to find his spot of own in the ODI squad unlike to tests, it is the question that remains to solved whether the management likely to give opportunities at the top even with keeping Rahul and Dhawan in the bank.
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