When Dhoni was the captain of the Indian team, there was ore clarity about players' batting positions, says Virendra Sehwag
India have also announced their 16-man squad for the series which gets underway at Eden Park on January 24.
Opener Rohit Sharma (119) hit a confident century while skipper Virat Kohli made clinical 89 to take India to a comfortable victory. India also clinched the three-match ODI series 2-1
Indian team management would like to go with the same playing 11. However, Rohit Sharma's injury may force them to make changes in India playing 11
Kohli said that Rohit had dislocated his left shoulder but there is no indication of it being a long-term injury.
According to Smith, the key to India's victory was their partnerships in the middle.
Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera and New Zealand pacer Tim Southee are the other two bowlers to have dismissed Kohli 5 times in ODIs.
India got their batting combination right for the second ODI, a fair comment considering the way K L Rahul seized the opportunity in his new batting position number five
Put into bat, India put up a much-improved batting performance with Rahul's blistering 52-ball-80 taking India to 340 for 6 after Dhawan (96 off 90 balls) and Kohli (78 off 76 balls) laid foundation
K L Rahul, who took the gloves in Pant's absence during Australia innings, is likely to retain his place, but as wicket keeper in India playing 11
India will go the second ODI 0-1 down after Australia registered a 10-wicket win in the lung-opener at Mumbai, courtesy David Warner and Aaron Finch, who hit unbeaten hundreds.
Australia gave the hosts a reality check with a crushing 10-wicket win in the lung-opener on Tuesday, riding on David Warner and Finch's unbeaten hundreds
Patel, 87, passed away on Monday, a post on her official Instagram page, 'Cricket Daadi', stated
He won the award for his gesture at the 2019 World Cup, when he egged the crowd on to support and not boo Steve Smith
Apart from Kohli, there were four other Indians who were picked in the ICC's Test and ODI Teams of the Year
The broadcaster plays down the rivalry even as it plays up the contest for the three-match series
India made some unusual changes in their batting line-up with Virat Kohli pushing himself down to number four to accommodate specialist openers Shikhar Dhawan (74 off 91) and K L Rahul (47 off 61) in
The last time Australia played an ODI series against India in the sub-continent; they came from 0-2 behind and went on to win the five-match series 3-2
The Aaron Finch-led side is brimming with confidence after an unprecedented home summer that saw Australia register comprehensive series victories over Pakistan and New Zealand
Gambhir felt that Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah can give a difficult time to the Australian batsmen with their sheer pace