"I am always worried about the bowling, especially when we go out of India," was how Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's limited-overs captain, started his answer when asked about the fresh bowlers in his side. In Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, India had an almost-all-new bowling line up compared to the One-Day Internationals. Jadeja was the only player to have featured in all five ODIs, while Pandya and Nehra only made it to the Twenty20 Internationals.

This attack's success, however, has Dhoni gleaming. India won the first two T20Is, in Adelaide and Melbourne, on the back of some good batting, backed up by some effective bowling. In Sydney, although the bowlers went for a bit of a tap, their best bowler was Ashish Nehra with figures of 4-0-32-1. However, there was enough in the performance to hint reasons to hope. Bumrah's death bowling, Yuvraj Singh's golden arm and Ashwin's experimenting to keep the batsmen quiet among others.

"I am always worried about the bowling, especially when we go out of India, but now that we are playing only T20s for a consistent period of time, the bowling is looking settled," said Dhoni at the conclusion of their 24-day, five ODIs, three T20Is tour. "I don't have to worry about the bowling line-up. There might be one or two changes here or there: we might pick another spinner or maybe get a medium-fast bowler, but overall it has been a good set-up.

"The bowling department was a bit of concern, not the spinners, but the medium pacers. Even in the ODIs, there were lot of instances where, at times, you feel a bit helpless as to what could be done at that point of time. Because execution is something that is very important. It's the bowlers we were searching for. And when it comes to the fast bowlers, Bumrah and Ashish have done a good job in the three games they have played. Hardik, as a package, is good. He is a very good fielder, and if he gives me the two overs I need, and the kind of batting he is known for - he looks like a good one to have as a third seamer."

The inclusion of seamers who can bowl to the captain's plans is something the team has longed for. The ODIs were a clear indication of India's terrible exploits with the ball, with Dhoni even going to the press to