Experience of Dhoni can't buy from market: Ravi Shastri

Bengaluru, March 2: India head coach Ravi Shastri threw his weight behind veteran wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni and said the former captain brings invaluable experience to the side.

"Like I said, there is no substitute for experience. That cannot be bought or sold in the market," India Today quoted Ravi Shastri as saying.

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Shastri said Dhoni will go down as one of the greatest limited over players.

"He'll (Dhoni) go down as one of the greatest one-day players the world has ever seen. And when you have that kind of experience, the level of fitness and what he's maintained," Shastri said.

While Dhoni has shifted from being a match-finisher to being an anchor, Shastri said are only a few names in the game that can bat in a similar fashion to the Indian during death overs.

"When it comes to finishing a game or batting in the final overs, there have been very few better than him in the history of the game."

"When you have that cushion of someone like him coming at No. 5, 6 or even 7 it makes a big big difference," Shastri said.