March 08, 2008	Saturday	Safar 29, 1429

NEW DELHI, March 7: India might have won the tri-series in Australia without much fireworks from Yuvraj Singh, but chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar says the dashing Punjab batsman will have to perform consistently if he wants to remain in the team.

Vengsarkar, who has been praised by former cricketers for bringing in young blood in the team for the Australia tour, said Yuvraj had to blame himself for his failures. “I am disappointed with his performance as I always had expectations from him. Yuvraj needs to be more consistent.

“He is a great talent but he has to perform to his potential,” said Vengsarkar of the middle-order batsman who scored just 202 runs from nine matches in the tri-series.

”His non performance is something that he has to address himself. He has been in the team for about eight years and if he has not established himself as a Test player, he has no one but himself to blame,” said the former middle-order batsman in an interview on Thursday.

He was, however, all praise for ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who led the team to the historic win in Australia. “Dhoni has really matured as a skipper, he handled the situation very well. Most importantly, he believes in his players,” said Vengsarkar.

The former skipper, however, refused to comment when asked whether the tri-series victory had strengthened Dhoni’s claim to Test captaincy. “I do not wish to comment on the Test captaincy now” was his reply.”—Agencies