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| Dhoni hopes rest after long summer aids World Cup |
SYDNEY: India s Mahendra Singh Dhoni is hoping that a break in a long summer tour of Australia has recharged his men for the World Cup and has not left them "over-cooked".
India have endured a lengthy and miserable tour Down Under in which they were beaten 2-0 in the four-match Test series and then failed to win a game in the one-day tri-series which also included England.
"It s not easy to play four Test matches... followed by a tri-nation series," Dhoni told reporters in Adelaide on Saturday.
He also said:"I know that cooked and over-cooked is a very fine line between them -- and especially if you do a barbecue you can understand that.
Dhoni missed the birth of his first child, a daughter born on Friday, for the Australia tour, but asked whether he would rather have been in India in recent days he said: "Not really."
India played their final tri-series game on January 30 and will begin the defence of their World Cup title against traditional rivals Pakistan on February 15 in Adelaide.
He said:"A lot of people have different views about it."
"How I personally take it forward is it s similar to playing against Australia, Sri Lanka or any other Test playing nation.
"That is one thing that both the sides have done really well."
While the India fans will have high expectations, Dhoni downplayed the pressure on his team.
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