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MS Dhoni tipped to experience again form for remaining tests

Dhoni tipped to rediscover form for remaining tests 

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni may be presentation the initial signs of buckling under pressure but the wicketkeeper-batsman leftovers the best man for the work, according to previous players.

Four dumpy months ago, the 30-year old from the small town of Ranchi was the toast of the state after he lead India to their second 50-over World Cup coronet after a break of 28 years.

nevertheless, a slouch in batting form, messy work at the back the stumps and two embarrassing defeats to start India's four-test series in England have piled the under pressure on a man well-known for his still on-field demeanour.

Former India opener Anshuman Gaekwad thought it was untimely to inscribe off the captain, who lead India to the Twenty20 World Cup title in 2007 and had so far to lose a test series.

If you presently forget these two test matches... as a captain, as a batsman and as a wicketkeeper he has done marvelously job," Gaekwad told Reuters by phone.

"It must be marvelous pressure for a captain, particularly when he does not have his major strike bowler Zaheer Khan and batsman Virender Sehwag," supposed Gaekwad, who played 40 tests and coached India.

India were incapable to call on opener Virender Sehwag, coming back from a shoulder surgery operation, in both tests while Zaheer Khan gone the field on the first day of the series at Lord's and was afterward lined out of the whole tour with hamstring and ankle problems.

Virender Sehwag regular opening collaborator, Gautam Gambhir, missed the 2nd test with a bruised arm at the same time as off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and batsman Yuvraj Singh have also been lined out for the remains of the tour with injuries.

India's number one test team ranking is also on the row after they fell 2-0 at the back to England in a series the hosts require to win by a two-test margin to leapfrog the tourists.

Ms Dhoni has averaged 12.25 in the two England tests and 19.40 in the three-match series in the Caribbean in June, and previous India wicketkeeper Kiran More believes a need of confidence was at the rear the dip in performance.

I do not believe he has dropped any catches. He has fumbled a tad with the ball. He is not responsibility a great job absolutely," More told Reuters.

There is a lot of pressure on him... Not merely from wicket-keeping but also as of batting and captaincy. All the issues simmer down and then you misplace some self-assurance."

More, however, was positive MS Dhoni would quiet his critics.

I do not guilt him. We are playing against the best team England... the commentators and crowd stress is also there," he thought by phone.

So on the whole, things are not going fine for MS Dhoni but he is a physically powerful character and he has forever bounced back and expectantly he will struggle back.