Veteran Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh on Friday said Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s presence is crucial to the country’s World Cup chances as he is a “guiding” force for current captain Virat Kohli and “important” in decision-making. Yuvraj, the 2011 World Cup’s player of the tournament, echoed the sentiment when asked about the Dhoni factor in Mumbai at an interaction. ALSO READ: India vs New Zealand: Rohit Sharma scripts history, becomes highest run-getter in T20IsBut Yuvraj steered clear of queries on which batting position Dhoni should come in. He came back from the (India) A tour, scored lot of runs in domestic cricket, straightaway got an opportunity,” said Yuvraj. Also impressed with how domestic cricket is improving, the other teams are improving, Saurashtra are playing well, Gujarat has also been playing very well, so it is good to see that in domestic cricket,” he signed off.

Source: Hindustan Times February 08, 2019 12:45 UTC