5 Reasons Why Dhoni Missed A Trick by Benching Irfan Pathan

4. Flexible Batsman – Jack of all batting positions:

Indian all-rounders in the likes of Pawan Negi and Ravindra Jadeja have scored 101 runs and 127 runs respectively for CSK this season batting lower down the middle order. A number of times, the skeleton of the lower middle order of CSK got exposed horribly. Irfan Pathan’s presence would have added some teeth to their batting and at the same time would have definitely allowed Dhoni to mingle up the batting order as the left-handed batsman possess the experience of batting at almost all positions in ODIs and has also scored over 400 runs batting at number 3 and 8 for India. The younger Pathan brother had also opened a couple of innings for DD in the past. His presence would have led to a floating batting order, thereby increasing the unpredictability coupled with difficulty in planning for the oppositions.