It was supposed to be one of those run-of-the-mill pre-match press conferences, one where the captain talks about the opposition, the pitch, team composition, et al.

ondon: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has described India's warm up clash against Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as one of the best matches they have played but reckons that doing an encore in future would be difficult.

The rest of the world may get tired just looking at the Indian cricket team's hectic schedule, but for Mahendra Singh Dhoni it is business as usual. “Fatigue is not really a factor for us,” Dhoni said at Lord's on Sunday.

With the cream of IPL in his side, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Sunday his men are more equipped than their counterparts to handle pressure situations associated with the shortest format of the game when they defend their ICC World Twenty20 title.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's brilliant captaincy and Yuvraj Singh's aggression make defending champion India the "strongest contender" to lift the Twenty20 World Championship title in England, feels former coach and Australian captain Greg Chappell.

The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Indian team left for London on Friday morning to defend their World Twenty20 title.

Youngsters gaining experience in handling pressure, emergence of match-winning part-timers and valuable practice are the positives Indians have taken from the IPL as they gear up to defend their Twenty20 World Championship crown next month, says skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's No 1 spot in the ICC ODI batsmen's ranking is now seriously challenged by Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul. A few good knocks from these two batsmen in the upcoming ODI series against England can topple Dhoni from the top spot.

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni described his side's bowling performance in their seven-wicket defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders as one of the worst in the Indian Premier League while admitting that they were outplayed by their opposition.

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