Let Dhoni open up a new age for India

By John Cheeran
Welcome to Mohali. It is time Indian batsmen came out of their comfort zones.
No wonder coach Greg Chappell gave a verbal thrashing to the big egos of the Indian side on the eve of the West Indies clash in Ahmedabad.
Even that did not work eventually.
Chappell is doing better than John Wright, who shied away from confronting the player power head on.
One thing is clear. If guys such as Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina fail to break out of the rut they are in, Chappell will not shy away from overhauling the squad for the World Cup.
It is quite unlikely that Chappell or skipper Rahul Dravid will read this blog.
Still just in case...
If I were in Chappell's shoes I would sack Sehwag from today's crunch game and promote Mahendra Singh Dhoni as opener. If Adam Gilchrist can do the job for Australia why can't MSD do it for India?
At least from what I saw in Ahmedabad, for all his faults, Dhoni at least makes an effort to learn.
And in the vacant middle order slot, I will bring in Mohammad Kaif. Considering that Yuvraj Singh is injured and out of action for quite sometime now, I will include Dinesh Mongia too in the squad. Throw out RP Singh, bring on Sreesanth and Ramesh Powar to bolster the bowling. That should do the trick for the time being.