India vs Zimbabwe 2016: 5 reasons why this tour is extremely crucial for MS Dhoni

Mentoring and nurturing the rookies

The quantum of inexperience of the team touring Zimbabwe can be gauged by the fact that all the other 15 members barring Dhoni have a combined experience of 83 ODI’s and 28 T20’s for India which is roughly one third of the appearances of Dhoni for his country.

Players of the likes of Karun Nair, Faiz Fazal, Mandeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal and Jayant Yadav have never represented their country at the international level. It seems Dhoni has taken it upon himself to mentor this young and inexperienced side.

These youngsters should be looking to imbibe every bit of what Dhoni has to advice them. The sheer presence of Dhoni in the dressing room, his work ethics and match preparation should help the youngsters immensely.