No. 4 is the ideal batting spot for Dhoni: Rohit Sharma

TIL Desk Sports/ India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said the team management’s decision to promote veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni to the No.4 position in the bating order paid off as he is the “ideal” man for that slot.

India promoted Dhoni up the order in the first T20 on Wednesday and the former skipper responded the team management’s decision by making an unbeaten 39 off just 22 balls.

“MSD (Dhoni), he’s just class. No. 4 really paid off. He’s played so many games for us, won so many games for us and moving forward, we feel making him bat at No. 4 is ideal,”Rohit said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“For a long period of time, MS has been finishing games off, but we want him to bat freely now, without that pressure. We were not sure what the ideal score would be, with dew and the wicket playing weirdly. So I thought 180 was a great effort.”