India vs New Zealand | You cannot win the game until you get MS Dhoni out, says James Neesham

02/02/2019

New Zealand’s James Neesham lavished praise on MS Dhoni stating that while the latter is still at the crease, India will always have a chance to win any match. Neesham added that the Indian top-order is filled with quality batsmen who are eager to get some big scores in the ongoing tour.

India were without their famed pair of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni for the fourth ODI and will hope that the latter can make a return for the fifth and final limited-over match against Kane Williamson & Co. New Zealand’s James Neesham lavished praise on the World Cup winning captain who has recovered from a hamstring issue and is contention for a spot in the playing XI.

"His [Dhoni's] records speak for itself. I mean, he is a fantastic player. Some noise was made especially from Indian media about whether he should be there in their World Cup squad or not. But as I said, his record speaks for itself.

"He's got that calm demeanour in the middle order. And when you're bowling to him, you know you haven't won the game till you've got him out. Hopefully, we can do that tomorrow and run through them," Neesham said on Saturday.

The 37-year old Indian wicket-keeper has been in terrific form so far in the ongoing season and was also adjudged as the player of the series against Australia last month. Dhoni struck three consecutive half-centuries and helped India win their first-ever bilateral ODI series in Australia and also scored a total of 193 runs with the bat.

Heading into the final game of the series, Neesham added that the Kiwis will look to restore some lost pride by winning the final game of the five-match ODI saga. He added that the home side will continue the good work that they did in Hamilton but insisted it's going to be hard work for their bowlers, due to the distinguished quality of India’s batting order.

"Stats speak for themselves. In the last two years, their top three averages 20 odd more than any other country in the world. They have obviously got a whole lot of quality at the top there.

"And Virat is resting but there is a lot of wraps on the rest of their top order as well. So there is certainly not a case of getting complacent. We just have to put the ball in the right areas again... as Boult did in Hamilton... and hopefully run through them again," Neesham added.

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India vs New Zealand | You cannot win the game until you get MS Dhoni out, says James Neesham

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