5 problems India have with their ODI side

5) Dhoni's batting position

Good or bad, MS Dhoni is always in the news. His place and role in this current Indian side is being questioned all the time. His finishing skills and his ability to rotate the strike in the middle overs have been tested in the recent past.

Having said that, even a half-effective Dhoni is better than most of the wicketkeeper-batsmen in this country.

But what will worry Team India is the fact that he has not batted in a fixed position for 3 matches at a stretch. His role in the side is not yet clear.

It is obvious that he is not the same finisher that he used to be. A lot of thinking has gone behind the idea of grooming Hardik Pandya as the finisher. So far, Pandya has responded well. If that is the way forward, then there is no point in making Pandya bat before Dhoni when the game is only at the 30 overs mark. It is a good thing that India's batting order is flexible, but gametime is very important for Dhoni given that he doesn't play the Test format. Dhoni the wicket keeper is as sharp as ever and his cricketing brain is still amongst the best even after he passed on the baton of captaincy to Virat Kohli.

You can almost see Dhoni taking control once the spinners are on, with Kohli fielding in the deep. So should India win the 2019 World Cup, Dhoni's role and batting position should be clearly communicated to him.