Juggling captaincy, wicket-keeping and batting is no kid's play but Rahul Dravid
has immense faith in Mahendra Singh Dhoni and feels the swashbuckler with
flowing tresses can lead India to World Twenty20 triumph in South Africa
later this month.
Dravid said he had advised Dhoni to keep his cool but asserted the belligerent
Jharkhand cricketer has a mature head on his tender shoulders that would stand
him in good stead.
"I have told him to just relax and have fun," Dravid
said.
"In a Twenty20 game, he probably won't have much time
to think - it happens so fast.
"But I think he'll do well. He's got a good head on his
shoulders and a good personality for the job," Dravid was quoted as saying
in a report by the Press Association, a news agency in the UK.
Dhoni would have to work hard to do justice to all his roles
in the sides but Dravid was confident that the youngster would come off with
flying colours.
"Obviously wicket-keeping and batting will be a challenge
for him, with the captaincy. But what he has shown us in the last two years
is maturity," Dravid said of his Team India deputy.
Besides Dhoni's maturity, the pedigree of the team makes the
side so formidable, asserts Dravid.
"There are some very good attacking players. Although some of the experienced
players are not going, we have some others coming back with experience."
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