INDORE: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said his team will have to guard against complacency when they take on England in the second cricket one-dayer after having thrashed the tourists by 158 runs in the series opener.
"We are always wary of becoming complacent because if we lose then we will be criticised that we were overconfident. We are always focused on what needs to be done," the Indian skipper said prior to the second match of the seven-ODI series.
After Ishant Sharma was all but ruled out with an ankle sprain, Yuvraj Singh has also become doubtful due to a back pain but Dhoni said the left-hander, who dismantled the England bowling with his hurricane knock of 138 not out at Rajkot in the first ODI, has shown substantial progress.
"There's considerable improvement in Yuvraj's condition. But we will take a final call on him before the match," he said.
Dhoni felt the wicket prepared for the tie at the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association's Stadium would not be a shirt-front like the one on which the Indian batsmen feasted on the hapless England attack.
"The wicket will not be like the one at Rajkot. There would be wear and tear as the match progresses. It's dry and it would become slow and it will be difficult to score, but all these are only predictions. The toss is important," he said.
At Rajkot, India were asked to take first strike after England captain Kevin Pietersen, and the hosts rocketed off to a great start through their in-form openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, who made 85 and 51 respectively and also put on a century stand at almost six an over.
