Lauderhill (US): Limited over captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that India's Test side led by Virat Kohli can regain it's top ranking in longest format by the end of the home season in which they play 13 Tests against New Zealand, England, Australia and Bangladesh.
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Dhoni feels the team is shaping up well under skipper Virat Kohli and the fact that all the Indian fast bowlers are fit and doing well will held the team in good stead in the upcoming Test matches.
"I think the Indian Test team is shaping up well. It seemed we were more settled in T20 and ODI but now our team had a good batting experience. If you notice, for the last 2 and a half years, we had the same batting unit, barring one or two changes. So you learn a lot. Test remains the ultimate format," said Dhoni after the second T20I was washed out on Sunday.
Coming back to the short T20 series, Dhoni said while the pitch remained same where the bowlers were belted for 245 in the first game, it was the addition of an extra spinner in Amit Mishra, which paid off as the World T20 champions were bowled out for less than 150.
"I don't think the wicket changed a lot. It is same as the last wicket. It is the exposure that they had in the last game, it gave them the ability to go back and think about their own game plan and often when there is no break between two matches, it actually helps the bowlers to quickly go back and plan," he said.

Limited over captain believes that India's Test side led by Virat Kohli can regain it's top ranking in longest format by the end of the home season in which they play 13 Tests against New Zealand, England, Australia and Bangladesh

India can be No 1 Test team soon, reckons MS Dhoni

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