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[caption id="attachment_46557" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Yuvraj and Dhoni will be the key players for the Men in Blue to retain the ICC Champions Trophy. Image Source: newsbaba.com[/caption] Internet Desk: Former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin suggested that MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh are not the same finishers as they were in their primes. This statement comes ahead of the India versus Pakistan match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. “They can’t be (the same finishers). They have been playing cricket for 14-15 years and playing consistently is not possible,” Azharuddin was saying as quoted by NDTV.. Earlier this year, Yuvraj had scored a hundred against England in Cuttack, but he hasn’t been able to do quite as well ever since is what Azhar feels about Yuvraj’s game. “Yuvraj Singh’s game is not conducive to England. He hasn’t done so well since that hundred against England earlier this year,” he added. Former Australian captain Michael Clarke, however, feels that Yuvraj and Dhoni are veterans in their fields and the Indian team would require both batsman so as to achieve positive results. “I’d go with the two most experienced players in Yuvraj and Dhoni. This is their time to really stand up. You do need the mix of youth and experience in the team,” said the former Australian skipper. “But if I have to pick between Yuvraj and Rahane, I would go with the experienced player,” Clarke added. India’s campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 against arch rivals Pakistan  begins on Sunday. The Men in Blue haven’t failed to impress so far in their two warm-up matches. CaptainVirat Kohli’s team beat New Zealand by 45 runs (D/L method) and Bangladesh by 240 runs. India will be going in the tournament as the defending champions. Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami Schedule: June 4: India v Pakistan, Birmingham, 3:00 PM IST (Group B) June 8: India v Sri Lanka, London, 3:00 PM IST (Group B) June 11: India v South Africa, London, 3:00 PM IST (Group B)