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

A tour of challenges and motivations

A tour of Zimbabwe means a whitewash would be on the expected lines but a loss even in a single match would irk the passionate Indian cricket fans. Dhoni will be touring Zimbabwe after a gap of almost 11 years.

He last played in Zimbabwe on the 2005 tour which was famous for the Ganguly-Chappell spat. Dhoni was just finding his feet in international cricket at that time. He will have his hands full on this tour as he will have to adjust to the side full of greenhorns who have virtually no experience of playing international cricket.

Dhoni is indeed a man of rare intelligence and one who has a penchant for details knows that this tour will be a rare opportunity to play in conditions assisting the bowlers which should stand the team in good stead when they play the Champions Trophy in England next year.

All the matches will be played at Harare and will be day games where the toss will be vital and adjusting to the seaming conditions will be the key to his young team’s success.