No need to worry about Dhoni's form: Sehwag

New Delhi: There is nothing to worry about MS Dhoni’s form says Virender Sehwag.

5, 11, 5, 12 – These are Dhoni’s scores in the IPL so far and what’s worse is he has not managed to score at a strike rate of over 100 even once. In short, Dhoni has been horribly out of form and that is evident in his team Rising Pune Supergiant’s performance. The Pune based franchise has slumped to its third defeat in four matches.

But Virender Sehwag believes Dhoni’s dry run with the bat is nothing alarming.

 “No need to worry about Dhoni’s form. The position at which he’s coming in to bat is very difficult. He is still the best at No. 5 or No. 6,” said Sehwag to ABP News.

The former India opener believes it is only a matter time that Dhoni strikes form. 

“There’s no doubt that he will be back in form sooner rather than later. There’s a lot of time left in the IPL. One should not judge a player of Dhoni’s stature just by the outcome of three-four games,” said Sehwag. 

Sehwag also believed that there was no question mark at all over Dhoni’s position in the Indian side for the coming Champion’s Trophy in June.

“He recently scored a match winning hundred against England. So I don’t think he’s out of touch. You can’t even imagine an Indian side going to Champion’s Trophy without Dhoni. Things like this can happen in a tournament like IPL,” added Sehwag.

Sehwag was quick to point to that an IPL performance should not be the parameter for Indian selection.

“IPL should not be a platform to judge an experience player like Dhoni. It’s fine if you judge a youngster on the basis of IPL as it is difficult for a newcomer to showcase his talent in front of a huge crowd, “ added Sehwag. 

Asked about the lack of form of another Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, Sehwag believed that the injury is the villain.

“Rohit is just back from an injury. It’s the lack of match practice and nothing else. The more he plays the better it will be for him,” Sehwag said.