All four of the losses of Dhoni as Test captain has been in the first game of a series and the India have little in the Lord of shake their reputation as slow starters.
The difference this time is that a wound in the thigh to Zaheer Khan, suffered after only three hours of play Thursday, could have longer term repercussions.
Dhoni has confirmed the extent of the injury is unknown, and a decision on whether he plays at Trent Bridge is likely to be left until the morning of the match.
The India will be desperate for Zaheer to play more on English soil where the ball swings, but him pick may risk turning a strain in a tear of late series.
"We have three days, but I'm not sure, he will play or not, 100 per cent", said Dhoni. "It is a long series, and we do not want to take the risk of any injury."
"If we feel it is close to 80 or 90 percent fit, but the game can increase his chances of being injured we call someone else in."
"I think with the kind of cricket we play it is important to know capable people and is not someone for an individual game.".
Zaheer injury was the first trip to the medical room, but it was followed Gautam Gambhir with a bruised elbow and Sachin Tendulkar feel the effects of a virus. The conditions led to two drummers playing in a different position in the order.
"Most of the things that could go wrong are wrong," said Dhoni. "Drummers were batting in different locations and it became difficult for us to manage the bowling." No there was no Cosmo Singh, who can Bowl spin and Virender Sehwag, who can Bowl off the coast of spin, so we have limited resources, but I felt that the fast bowling has been a very good job. »
The a good scrap new for the Dhoni was that he avoids a suspension of a match after Ranjan Madugalle, the referee of the match, let him off the coast of over-rate poor of the India, although the threat of suspension will be suspended over him for the rest of the series, after two warnings already this year.
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