Grant Elliot
Mar 2 2009, Sreelata Yellamrazu

Mahendra Singh Dhoni finds himself on a tricky pitch. Daniel Vettori has his dream team. His dream team has had a dream start. And the dream start puts them in a position of confidence that Dhoni had not anticipated. Now it is the visitors who.

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