Skipper MS Dhoni will not be leading the 2020 team for the World Cup campaign like he did in 2007. But he is expected to be one of the key ingredients in India's recipe for success. Dhoni, 38, has been on a sabbatical since India's semi-final exit from the ODI World Cup last July, but those who won't give up on his skills know that he will be at his sharpest when the show begins Down Under in October.

The fact that he would have played yet another edition of the Indian Premier League by then has to be positive unless he suffers an injury. He'd also lessen skipper Virat Kohli's workload.