Zaheer Khan feels MS Dhoni is the perfect solution to India's number 4 conundrum

Mumbai: Team India have a strong squad depth when it comes to white-ball cricket, but they have been struggling to solve to solve their perennial problem when it comes to filling the gap at the number four spot.

The likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina and KL Rahul have all been shoehorned to plug the switches but the Men in Blue are yet to find a long-term answer to the problem. And with the clock ticking for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, former India pacer Zaheer Khan believes MS Dhoni could be the perfect man to solve the middle-order woes.

“Someone has to take the responsibility of the number four position and it has to be MS Dhoni. If you take a look at the losses of the Indian team, they haven’t had a good start. Once they haven’t got off to a good start, they haven’t been able to recover from a bad start. So you need experience, you need someone who has dealt with such kind of situations and soak in the pressure at that stage, take someone along with him. And that’s something MS Dhoni is brilliant at," Zaheer was quoted as saying to Cricbuzz.

There are very few players of Dhoni’s ilk when it comes to finishing an innings but the former India skipper has come under the scanner in the past few months for his inability to hit the gear when required. With his experience and big-hitting prowess, Zaheer sees Dhoni as the only viable option when it comes to batting at number four.