SPORT DHONI 2

"Mike is not available for this tour. He came with the
basic techniques and went slow as he did not want the players
to get injured. He won't be around but with the help of other
support staff it's important to go ahead with that. Fielding
is one aspect of the game that is important whatever be the
format of the game," Dhoni said.
Accepting the need to lift the team's fielding standard,
Dhoni said, "We dropped quite a few catches in the last
series. We will try to rectify that. Whatever good fielders we
have we will try to make them the best in the world because it
really helps, especially in the middle overs, with four good
fielders inside the circle who can save the singles," he said.
Dhoni was also candid enough to admit that the bowlers
were grappling with issues like bowling at death and slow
over-rate, which incurred the India captain a two-match ban
during the ODI series against the Lankans.
"We struggled early in the series but improved a lot in
the later matches. We have struggled a bit in the death overs
but if we can do something in patches, we can do it
consistently as well. We can restrict any good side to a
decent total. It's slightly improving but I think we can
manage it," Dhoni said.
"Regarding over-rate, we have a lot of part-timers, who
are mostly spinners and they can save us time. We have
(Virender) Sehwag, Yuvraj (Singh), (Suresh) Raina and Rohit
Sharma as well. So if we can save time up front, it is not
going to be an issue," Dhoni explained. More PTI