Friday, May 29, 2009

Dhoni hopes to retain T20 World cup title





































ICC World Cup Twenty20
MUMBAI: MS Dhoni, the captain of Indian T20 team, has said that the team is well balanced and will hit the target again in England. He was addressing the media before leaving for England for ICC World Cup Twenty20 on Friday afternoon. The team is to play its first match against Bangladesh on June 6.

The championship is to take place from June 5 and last till June 21. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the skipper of the T20 team expressed confidence of repeating the success in 2007. He said that his team would deliver the best. Addressing a press conference, he said, “The team has always put in the best efforts. We will deliver our 100 percent in the tournament and hope to retain the title.” Looking vigorously confident Dhoni said, ‘The team is in good form and IPL has surely helped us to prepare for the World Cup.' Dhoni had full confidence on his boys which was very well seen when he talked about them.

Talking of his team, Dhoni said, ‘I am confident that our fast bowlers will help the team to perform well in the tournament. The pitches in England also facilitate fast bowlers to perform.' India has a good Twenty20 record which makes Team India the favourites in the tournament as Dhoni's boys are well-equipped to handle pressure after having huge successes in past few years.

Team India: MS Dhoni (Captain), Virendra Sehwag (Vice Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadega, Pragyan Ojha and Irfan Pathan.

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