Sanjay Manjrekar: Chinks in India's T20 batting, not their bowling | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
Surprisingly, two excellent points made on Dhoni and Yuvraj by Sanjay Manjrekar in this article.
Firstly Yuvraj, he is still looking that nervous Yuvraj that we saw on 2014 WC final against Sri Lanka. Yes, he played well in that Sydney game to win the game for India. However, he was able to score runs against Tye who is highly inexperienced at the international level and struggled to score runs against Watson who was the most experienced bowler in that Australian line-up. As Manjerakr pointed out in the article, it is a mental problem and he has self doubts which is always difficult to overcome for any human being let alone a cricket player. So it is a risk that India has taken going onto this big tournament and I really hope it pays off.
On Dhoni, as he mentioned in the article, it is more of a technical problem. He has always struggled when bowlers have bowled full and outside the off stump to him since he doesn't have a shot for it. He has always been a strong on side player and will murder any bowler who bowl around that middle and leg stump line. In that 2014 T20 WC final, Yuvraj's poor performance overshadowed Dhoni's performance. When Dhoni came out, he also struggled in similar manner as Yuvraj did to deliveries full outside the off stump. In past, he used to cover up for this but in last 1 and half years, he has struggled to catch up.
However, I am less worried about Dhoni but there is definitely a worry around Yuvraj.
In bowling, we are actually doing good but it will be interesting to see what happens if Shami is fit before the start of WC. Even before they left for Asia Cup, Dhoni sid that if Shami is fit he will come back into the team. Surprising since he hasn't played any international match since 2015 WC.