Dhoni keen on identifying Playing XI before Pakistan clash

As India lost their first warm-up game against Australia, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is struggling to identify his playing XI for the most-anticipated World Cup clash against Pakistan.

Pakistan and India play on February 15 at the Adelaide Oval. India lost their first warm-up game against Australia on Sunday and have one more game left against Afghanistan on Tuesday before the match with Pakistan.

"It has been difficult for us. When the batsmen click, the bowlers don't and when the bowlers do, the batsmen don't. We need to sort that out,” the captain said, according to NDTV.

“What's important is that we have one more game in our hand and before playing Pakistan it would be good to have the first XI in our hand," Dhoni added.

Responding to what he was looking at to identify the final XI, Dhoni said, "It will depend on our utility cricketers. If the pitches remain as it is, we need out spinners to use the bounce more. It's a very long tournament and what we have seen is the team that does well is the one that comes from the bottom and moves rapidly up."