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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni spoke on Tuesday (16th December) ahead of the second Test against Australia, which begins in Brisbane on Wednesday (17th December).
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SOUNDBITE: (English) MS Dhoni, India captain (On Michael Clarke's absence)
"With Michael not being there that's quite a big blow for them, especially if you see the stats, he has got some very simple stats against us - he comes in and scores runs. So to some extent it will help us with him not being there, it's unfortunate still that he misses the Test series because of an injury, but hopefully, you know, we'll see how it goes. So that's what I have to say and hopefully Steve (Smith) will do well for the team."
SOUNDBITE: (English) MS Dhoni, India captain
"More often than not I prefer wickets that are slightly more on the greener side. The reason being our bowlers become much more effective and the batsmen they'll have to formulate a way to get runs on that kind of wicket. But if you see the stats also, more often than not we have done on wickets that has helped the fast bowlers, because it makes our job slightly easier to our position batsmen out. That's where we have struggled to some extent in the last two or three series, we have been in position to win Test matches but we have not really been able to do that. So we have been in good positions, but we have not capitalised on that and it's a matter of time, with a bit more experience and with a bit more time, this team has the talent to go that extra step and once they start doing it, you'll see it perform much better, you know, in any condition."
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Dhoni: Australia beatable without Clarke
Wednesday, December 17 2014Category:Cricket