But Dhoni is happy with the players he got during the move. “Quite a few people were speculating about how the batsmen/bowlers will do. Now we know we have got a set of players who will do well irrespective of how we are playing and that is a big positive,” he said.
“There will be challenges and it is very important to hold fort in home conditions and win those games and at the same time try to do well outside. We have quite a few teams going abroad, visiting different countries and they have also lost there,” He added.
On the other hand, the skipper does not want his batsmen to get too much into technique when touring abroad.
“I feel it is very important as an individual not to think too much about technique when touring abroad. You want to tune up your game a bit, tinker around but at the same time your basics will be your basics.” Dhoni said.
Dhoni, showed concerns over his own form and said, “I would definitely like to improve my performance especially when touring abroad. But if I am batting at seven and I lose the batsmen on the other end, then more often than not I go for my shots. We want our tailenders to spend some time in the middle so that we can still look to get at least 30-50 runs and that in turn will really add to the score that we get,”.
The skipper feels that this tour will prepare Indian team for 2015 ICC World cup which New Zealand will co-hosts.
Updated on: January 12, 2014 15:53 IST
