India vs Australia | Virat Kohli has full faith in MS Dhoni, says Sunil Gavaskar

India levelled the three-match ODI series 1-1 by winning the second game in Adelaide yesterday. Skipper Kohli played a major role in the run-chase while Dhoni made a crucial contribution by scoring a fifty. Although, he started slow but made up for it very soon. The 37-year-old ran well between the stumps and rotated strike during the crucial fourth-wicket stand with Kohli. 

Gavaskar is not only happy with Dhoni’s contribution with the bat but he also mentioned about the former skipper’s responsibilities as a senior member on the field. 

“Virat is so important in the deep in the final overs when he saves those two runs diving around, takes magnificent catches in the deep. So it’s not possible for Virat to maybe have a conversation with the bowlers or maybe to make adjustments to the square fielders. That is where Virat has complete faith and trust in Dhoni to make those little bit of adjustments for him,” Gavaskar told India Today.

“That value you cannot calculate at all. My prayer is to please leave the gentleman alone and he will continue to do well. He is also not getting younger. So the consistency you might have at a younger age will obviously not be there and you have to bear with that. Bear with that little inconsistency. But he’s still tremendous value to the team.”

India and Australia will be playing the decider at the MCG before the Men in Blue travel to New Zealand for a five-match ODI and a T20I series there. India is scheduled to play more than 10 ODIs before the World Cup and Gavaskar has underlined the fact that Dhoni will settle in before the global tournament begins. 

“India now go to New Zealand for the one-day series and T20 series then they comeback and play the one-day matches against Australia and a couple of T20s. Then the IPL starts. So he’ll be playing pretty much right through till the World Cup starts and he’ll be settled till then,” the former opener explained. 

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