MS Dhoni on spin twins: Ashwin "improving", Jadeja "confident"

Mirpur: Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the last four years has depended on Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for performing the spinners' duties and is satisfied with how the Tamil Nadu tweaker and Saurashtra left-armer have progressed so far.

Talking on Ashwin, Dhoni said, "He (Ashwin) has shown improvement. That's something very important, especially for a Test cricketer because you play under different circumstances. You play in the sub-continent and then you play outside. You try to do things in a different way but what's important is for the individual to keep on learning in every game.”

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"It pushes you to learn something and I felt that this is something he has done very well. He is a thinking cricketer, thinks about his game a lot. And that's the reason he has shown a lot of improvement. It's good to have somebody like him because he can also bat a bit. In Test cricket, even the lower-order needs to contribute. If you get that extra 40-50 runs, it can have a big impact on the game," the skipper lavished his praise on Ashwin, who got a five-for in the one-off Test at Fatullah on a placid track.

Dhoni, who has backed Jadeja a lot said that he is gaining in confidence after coming back from a shoulder injury.

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"He did a decent job in the IPL. I felt even the World Cup, he did a good job for us. Definitely, if you come after an injury, especially if it's a shoulder injury, you tend to think a bit about it if it's your bowling arm. I feel he has got more and more confidence about that, getting out of injury and we have seen a lot of improvement. So hopefully, we will continue with it," Dhoni concluded.