Southampton: Team India is gearing up for its 2019 World Cup opener against South Africa which will be played at Rose Bowl on June 5.
Also Read: 2019 World Cup match highlight: New Zealand thrash Sri Lanka by ten wickets
For the last couple of days, Indians players were seen focusing on their fielding. From practising direct hit to increase their conversion rate to taking sky high catches were part of India's fielding drills.
India this time got a balanced squad as it has the right mix of young and experienced cricketers.
When all eyes will be on Virat Kohli and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah the winning captain of 2011 World Cup MS Dhoni is very much in the contention to grab the attention of cricket fans.
This is probably his last World Cup, so he is not leaving any box unticked.
One of his biggest moves towards making this World Cup a memorable one 37-year-old wicket-keeper batsman brought a strategic change to his bat.
Also Read: 2019 World Cup: Shoaib Akhtar tears apart Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed
The right-hand batsman used to use 1180 gram bat before, but for the 2019 World Cup, he cut down 20 grams in order to play with a lighter bat at English conditions.
A Jalandhar based bat factory did this task for him. The same factory also provided a new bat to Hashim Amla for the ongoing World Cup. Amla will use a much lighter bat than Dhoni.
Dhoni took fans by storm in the recently concluded IPL. In the practice match, he also slammed a hundred against Bangladesh.
