Indian bowlers would find it more difficult than the batsmen to make the switch from the longest to the shortest format of the game, according to Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
"It s (switch) difficult. But if you see we had been scoring at 5 an over in the last Test we played (at Mumbai). I don t think it would be too difficult for some of the batsmen, especially Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir", Dhoni said ahead of the first Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka.
"They actually bat in the same way. Just that they are a bit over-aggressive in T20 format, you can say," he said
Though the bowlers need to roll their arm for only four overs, an enormous effort is involved to do so in the T20 format as the batsmen would go after them from ball one, especially on Indian pitches, he said.
"Most of our players are positive players, looking for strokes and runs. I don t think you need to change your game too much. Of course a few others need to change according to the requirements".
"Considering we are playing in India, it would be a bit different for the bowlers, as the batsmen would go after them from the very first ball. It looks to be a small game, just four overs, but the amount of effort that's needed, that's what it is all about", he explained. PTI
