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Adelaide, India might have been thoroughly outplayed in the ODI series, but former Australia batsman Dean Jones today said the visitors will do much better in the T20 series as they have a balanced side.
“I think India are better balanced in T20 cricket; they have good top three batsmen, MS Dhoni is the finisher in the middle, Yuvraj (Singh) is coming too and then you have the spinners,” said Jones.
Jones is convinced that the Indian team has been solely concentrating on the T20 series with the World T20 just eight weeks away. “I am sure they wanted to win the ODI series but they were also giving a lot of youngsters a chance in the ODIs. I think India will be more worried about winning the T20 series. That’s the priority,” he said.
“You want to pick your team for the World T20 now and give the players some matches to get ready for that tournament. Form is everything in T20 cricket. For example, if Yuvraj can get some runs here, it will get his confidence going. That’s what the T20 game is about — confidence.”
Veterans such as Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra have been recalled to the T20 fold and Jones feels it is the right decision. “I think they are absolutely right in that selection,” said Jones.
