Bowlers of rival teams in the coming World Cup have to put in extra effort to bowl
dot balls against ICC's number two batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
who today said he would strive hard to take at least one run every ball he faced
in the quadrennial showpiece.
"I will try to play well and my effort would be to take
a run a ball," Dhoni said at the airport here on his return home in reply
to a query in the run up to the World Cup scheduled in the Caribbean
islands.
Though the pitches in the West Indies were tough, the
stylish cricketer said his effort would be to take a run-a-ball.
Evading a query on Australia's chances at the World Cup following
the recent drubbing by New Zealand and the tri-series final defeat to
England, the wicketkeeper-batsman warned not to take any team lightly.
"No team should be taken lightly in the World Cup,"
said Dhoni whose confidence is sky-high after he scored 223 runs in five innings
in the recently concluded twin one-day series against the West Indies and Sri
Lanka.
He played thrice against West Indies and twice against Sri
Lanka, scoring two fifties and remaining not out on three occasions, propelling
him to the second position overtaking Australian captain Ricky Ponting
in the latest ICC rankings.
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