CLT20: Good to have Dwayne Bravo back for CSK, says Dhoni

Hyderabad Chennai Super Kings campaign in the last edition of Indian Premier League was hampered due to Dwayne Bravos injury which hurt the balance of their side and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is happy that the prolific allrounder is back again to don the yellow jerseyDwayne BravoThe good thing for us will be we missed Dwayne Bravo during the IPL He got injured That really affected the strength combination and stability of the side It is good to have him Bravo back Dhoni said at a media conference here today ahead of his teams Champions League T20 opener against IPL champions Kolkata Knight RidersAlso most of the players have been playing international cricket and most of them have scored runs in the recent series So its looking good Still we will have to see how quickly we adapt to the conditions he told reportersQuestioned about the Gautam Gambhirled KKR Dhoni saidI think KKR is a very good team The fact is that we played against each other quite a few times right from the start With all the retentions and everything coming in most of the core group remains the same They have their own strengthsAt the same time we are a different side We rely on different stuff In fact all the teams getting into the Champions League tournament they will all be excellent sides They will have their own weaknesses and they have their own strengths So you have to focus on that Dhoni saidReplying to a query he said that CLT20 can be unpredictable with even a single player being able to change the course of the match Quizzed on the dew factor and playing conditions he saidWe will have to rely on is the fact whether there is dew or notAll those things come into the scene I think the Indian teams who are participating in the Champions League T20 have got a very good chance But Twenty20 is a sort of a lottery cricket where you have to be at your best on the particular dayEven one individual can take the game away from you or can win the game for you Overall we will have to wait and watch But I think every team has got fair amount of chance Dhoni said To another query he said the presence of Indian players in a team plays a role in evoking the interest of the cricket fans in the countryIt will lag behind a bit obviously Because IPL format is different It is played for two months continuously and there are big Indian players in every team The biginternational cricketers are present in the teams The overall connect that exists it increases said DhoniHe said that CLT20 is a brilliant concept but there are its pitfalls also when two overseas teams are pitted against each other The idea of Champions League T20 is brilliant But also it becomes difficult to indulge the Indian crowds at the same level if you compare to IPLBecause if two teams from abroad are playing you wont get the same kind of crowd may be when two Indian teams are playing the interest of crowd grows This is a challenge said DhoniStill people come to watch these matches The idea of Champions League T20 is good whether it has the same kind of following that we will have to wait and watch he said Replying to a query about the switch over from playing international cricket to the T20 format he said it is like playing ODIs after a Test series and viceversaWell it has its own challenge Its like you switch format After a Test series you play ODIs At times you play ODIs first and then get into the Test series vs West Indies It has its own demand Also what makes it slightly different is the fact after IPL we all go back and then we assembleThis is one time where you dont have too much time in your hand We dont like get together 10 days before the start of the tournament It is usually prettyfast Especially the fact most of the Indian cricketers they are part of the ODI squad and they are coming from England which means will be arriving here lateIn my case I just came here today So you dont get the same amount of time with the team As I said it has its own challenge Still it is good We get enough time to get togetherThe two months of IPL the time we spend that really helps us It becomes like a refresher course where you get together and start getting your acts together he said