The Dhoni-Fletcher combine is clicking

With the old guard making way for younger players, MS Dhoni has been inspiring as a leader, guiding a new-look Indian side in the Champions Trophy. Duncan Fletcher's work behind the scenes shouldn't be ignored and India are reaping the benefits of renewing his contract, at a time when the results were poor, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian.

There is one thing of which to be certain, however, and that is that throughout his time he would never have stopped looking around him, spotting the next generation. He is good at that. Players such as Virat Kohli were already in the system but he would have known of the qualities of Shikhar Dhawan, by a distance the outstanding player of this tournament, and had the foresight, for example, to resurrect the career of Dinesh Karthik. These are the circumstances in which India are seeing the best of Fletcher. It is not known how much the renewal of his contract was at the instigation of Dhoni but it was probably significant and clearly the pair have an excellent working relationship.

In the Telegraph, Michael Vaughan writes that the current Indian line-up is better than the one that won the World Cup in 2011. On the ball-tampering issue, he adds that England have been clever by roughing up the ball by bowling cross-seam deliveries and getting the fielders to bounce it on the pitch to make the surface abrasive and get it to reverse.

England have a group of players ready to win a tournament and even if they lose on Sunday I put them down as one of two favourites alongside India for the 2015 World Cup in Australia. In Australian conditions this England bowling attack will be a huge threat. It is the first time since 1992, when Graham Gooch's team reached the World Cup final, that we have had such a good one-day side.