Dhawan has been in terrific form for India after being drafted into the side following Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir&#39;s prolonged lean patch. Dhawan yesterday scored a career-best 116 to guide India to their second consecutive win against Zimbabwe. <img alt="Shikhar Dhawan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jul/Dhawan.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 335px;" /> &quot;It&#39;s more difficult nowadays because you&#39;ve got new balls from both ends. When the ball is swinging you really need to play close to your body. &quot;You&#39;ll see that in the first 10 overs, openers are not scoring that many nowadays because the ball is new and it swings a lot and you have to be more careful,&quot; Dhawan said. The Delhi left-hander said one has to be smart with shots at the start of the innings. &quot;Shot selection is very important, because you don&#39;t want to lose wickets at the start and put pressure on the rest of the side,&quot; he said. Dhawan said there is a united dressing room and that has helped on-field success as well. India won the Champions Trophy in England and then a tri-series in the West Indies. &quot;Our team is gelling really nicely. All the young boys are very fit and really good in the field. Fielding-wise, we have really improved a lot. I feel like everything is working our way,&quot; he said. u00a0

He might be relishing the role of an opener but Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan says scoring runs has not been easy in one-dayers ever since the introduction of new rules

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