Indian team had a brilliant start to their new season and they will look to continue the good work in the coming series against New Zealand and in the T20 World Cup to be played in Sri Lanka. On the launch of India’s first-ever national Twenty20 cricket uniform designed by Nike, Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni said that the team is ready both mentally and physically for the upcoming challenges, says a report in The Hindu.
“The one-and-a-half month break after the IPL-V season was good and we also had breaks between each of the five One-Day Internationals played in Sri Lanka. We are all ready on the physical and mental aspects for the Test series against New Zealand”, said Dhoni.
He added, “Slowly we will get into the Test match format of the game. Probably the season will end with the IPL in 2013, so we have to look ahead every 15 days. The focus will be on fitness right through the long season.”
The biggest talk in Indian cricket nowadays is the return of star batsman Yuvraj Singh. On that Dhoni said, “The dressing room was really boring without Yuvraj Singh the character, apart from his batting skills. Virat Kohli did make up for his absence, but now there will be competition between Yuvraj and Virat to determine who is the best on the count of ragging.”
About the new dress for T20 matches, Dhoni said, “It’s a very good start. When people were surfing television channels, they identified whites with Test cricket and blue with one-day cricket. Now they can distinguish between one-day and Twenty20 cricket because of the new national Twenty20 uniform; it has more orange in it.”
Yuvraj Singh who was also present at the launch was quoted by The Times of India saying, “I feel as if it is the first game for me. I'm nervous. I never thought I will get another chance.”