Watch Video: MS Dhoni and Manish Pandey train to tackle yorkers

Indian players during a practice session at Green Park stadium in Kanpur on Wednesday ahead of the first IndiaEngland T20 match PicPTITeam India will take on England in the first T20 international in a few hours at Kanpurs Green Park stadium and all of India will be hoping Virat Kohli and his boys can continue their wonderful seasonAfter MS Dhonis special innings at Cuttack where the former skipper 134 off 122 and Yuvraj Singh 150 off 127 balls turned back the clock during their record 256run partnership that saw India script an amazing 15run victory in the second ODI and seal the series all eyes will on the master finisherMS Dhoni in action in the nets on Wednesday Piccourtesy BCCI Twitter accountDhonis ability to finish games is world renowned and he was seen at the nets on Wednesday preparing to ensure that if the opportunity arises he can finish the job Dhonis batting at the death in the past year may have settongues wagging but the former captain in his own inimitable style is trying to perfect the steer shot to counter the wideyorkers effectively bowled by England bowlersThese wide yorkers bowled by Chris Woakes in the last over of the Indian chase at Eden Gardens denied inform Kedar Jadhav the chance to script a clean sweep by India as the hosts lost the last ODI by 5 runs while chasing 322Well ahead of the first T20 International at Green Park Dhoni had a separate session with Indian teams yorker specialist Jasprit BumrahThe msdhoni challenge for Jasprit Bumrah INDvENG pictwittercomzgm5lbwfqxmdash BCCI BCCI January 25 2017A small video uploaded on Twitter by BCCI showed Dhoni measuring a bat length from his offstump and placing a white kookaburra there The while ball was the marker for the length where a perfect wide yorker would bepitchedBumrah was then instructed to bowl the wide yorkers and Dhoni was seen trying to steer the deliveries instead of going for full blooded whacks over longoff one of his trademarkshotsThe Gujarat slinger was pitching those wide yorkersperfectly and the 35yearold just opened his wrists a bit to angle hisshots to the left of the imaginary point fielderWith the field restrictions in place it is difficult for bowling sides to keep a deep point or a third man during deathovers which may be a reason for Dhoni to try out somethingnewManish Pandey in action in the nets on Wednesday Piccourtesy BCCI Twitter accountIt could also be that the master tactician Dhoni is training Bumrah on where to bowl during the death oversManish Pandey who is looking to establish himself in the Indian team was also seen practicing in the nets with warhorse Ashish Nehra bowling some toecrushersTeamIndias warhorse Ashish Nehra gives some death overs practice to im_manishpandey INDvENG pictwittercomPicw09Dz1umdash BCCI BCCI January 25 2017BCCI uploaded a video of the young turk taking on the 37yearold pacer Pandey is seen using the straight bat to good effect as he not only keeps out Nehra but also hits the deliveries over the leftarm pacers headNow it remains to be seen if all this practice works for Dhoni and Pandey or will it be more helpful for Bumrah and Nehra while taking on the English batsmenIndia are scheduled to play three T20 matches against England the first will be today in Kanpur while Nagpur Jan 29 and Bengaluru Feb 1 will host the next two