Ahead of the India’s Asia Cup 2018 opening match against Hong Kong, Dhoni was seen mentoring the youngsters during a net session. He took the responsibility in the absence of head coach Ravi Shastri. Shastri and the rest of the support staff are yet to reach the UAE which prompted Dhoni to take up the role a mentor.
The Indian cricket board has roped in India A bowlers Avesh Khan, M Prasidh Krishna, Siddarth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem and Mayank Markande to help India batsmen prepare during the Asia Cup.
The bowlers got a brief pep talk from Dhoni before he hit the nets.
The Asia Cup has over the years been one of the benefactors of the largesse that an India-Pakistan contest promises and the Asia Cup 2018 has been arranged to ensure that the two sides meet twice for sure and if all things go according to plan, also in the final. The first of these clashes has been set of for Wednesday when the arch-rivals face off after well over a year.
