Dhoni8217;s rotational policy may be indicative of dissensions

MS Dhoni8217;s argument was that senior players were not bad fielders but on big Australian grounds they were 8220;slightly on the slower side8221;. This would mean an extra 20 runs to the opposition.

Sachin Tendulkar may be 39 but is a good fielder in the slips and has an excellent throw from anywhere in the field while Gambhir,who at 30 is of the same age as his captain,fields close-in in Test matches and has a safe pair of hands anywhere. Only Sehwag8217;s fielding is not sharp.

Inclusion of Gambhir in the rotational policy despite being a good fielder and scoring two 90-plus scores in the current ODI series and persistent inclusion of consistent failures Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma has given rise to speculation about dressing room dissensions.

Gautam Gambhir had gone public with his criticism of MS Dhoni stretching the game against Sri Lanka at Adelaide saying that the match should not have gone till the 50th over and should have been finished two or three overs earlier.

In response,Dhoni dismissed this as a difference in perspective,adding 8220;there is nothing wrong between us8221;.

After disastrous tours of England and Australia,Dhoni8217;s hold on captaincy,certainly in Tests,appears to be tenuous and this has sown seeds of ambition among some other players to be Test captain. New coach Duncan Fletcher,under attack for the team8217;s failures,is hardly in a position to sort things out.