Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not averse to the idea of continuing as the skipper of the the Indian cricket team in all the three formats, saying it would be unfair to burden a new player with the mantle of captaincy with just one year left for the World Cup, says a report in the DNA.
"I think, it's a point of no return with the World Cup literally one year away from now. It won't give a new guy the ideal time to play, at least, 70-80-90 games beginning to the World Cup that's what we would like to have him play before the World Cup", Dhoni said, according to the DNA.
"I understand the pressure, it's not always that you turn up and at the same time, you get the kind of things which give you more experience than the others. So, we have to go through it," he said at a promotional event here on Monday.
Dhoni, India's World Cup winning captain, was responding to a question on giving up captaincy in one of the formats to prolong his career.
According to a report in Deccan Herald, Dhoni had, last year, said that he might have to give up a format to lead India's title defence in 2015 but such a decision would be made only at the end of 2013. Dhoni will be 33 by the time the World Cup starts in Australia and New Zealand.
The skipper said he is feeling a lot fitter and healthier than ever. "I was really fortunate to see where I am right now with the amount of cricket that we are playing these days. As of now, it's looking good. The body is closely knit together. How it will be (in future), I don't know but so far so good," he said.
According to a report in The Telegraph, talking about the team that he is leading now, Dhoni said Indian bowlers were capable of winning matches, but they would have to learn to take wickets on unfavourable tracks. Asked to name five bowlers, who would shine in the forthcoming tour of New Zealand, Dhoni said: “We have got enough talent… There are bowlers who can get the opposition out by taking 20 wickets. But we need to do better on unhelpful wickets.”
Dhoni, while talking to the media on the sidelines of the event, said Indian bowlers had done exceptionally well on helpful tracks.
“But outside India, at times, we have to hit the deck to get wickets, and that goes completely against what our bowlers bowl... At the same time, when the pitch is helpful we have to make sure we get all the 20 wickets,” he said.
