IPL 2018: What should MS Dhoni do to have a successful campaign this year

#3 Reinventing himself

Dhoni must reinvent himself

MS Dhoni must reinvent himself and become an unpredictable batsman. MS Dhoni's range of boundary shots is very less as they include muscling the bowl on the off side and hitting the bowl down the ground. The bowlers have studied Dhoni's batting over the years and understood his go-to shots. So, the bowlers have started bowling yorkers or low full tosses at the 4th or 5th stump, from such an angle it is difficult to either muscle it onto the off side or hit it down the ground.

In such situations, Dhoni just tries to smash the ball and he misses it on most of the occasions, this also increases the number of dot balls. So, Dhoni must play the ball down the ground on such occasions. He must also play the sweep shot and the flicks on a much more frequent basis as these shots are very productive, they can either produce boundaries or at least produce singles. He must reinvent himself if he wants to improve on his strike rate.