Blissfully unaware of the series bashing that awaited him in India, Australian captain Ricky Ponting considered Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men better-suited for Twenty20 cricket rather than Tests after their World Cup triumph in South Africa.

Recalling the success of Indian team in the Twenty20 World Cup, Ponting wrote in his book ‘Captain’s Diary 2008’ that Dhoni was a “classic example” of a player who could damage the opposition in the shortest version, which offers little scope for a batsman to showcase his technique.