Talking about MS Dhoni’s batting postion, India captain Rohit Sharma said the team management’s decision to promote Dhoni to the no.4 position in the bating order paid off as he is the “ideal” man for that slot. He was promoted up the order in the first T20I against Sri Lanka and scored a quick fire 39 off 22 balls that helped India reach a challenging score of 180 for 3 at the end of 20 overs.
“MSD (Dhoni), he’s just class. No. 4 really paid off. He’s played so many games for us, won so many games for us and moving forward, we feel making him bat at No. 4 is ideal,” Rohit said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“For a long period of time, MS has been finishing games off, but we want him to bat freely now, without that pressure. We were not sure what the ideal score would be, with dew and the wicket playing weirdly. So I thought 180 was a great effort” he added.
