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[caption id="attachment_15406" align="alignnone" width="580"] Dhoni feels India can regain No.1 spot in Tests by the end of the season. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: India's ODI and T20I captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that India's Test team can regain it's top ranking in longest format by the end of the home season in which they are slated to play 13 Tests against New Zealand, England, Australia and Bangladesh. Dhoni feels the team is playing well under skipper Virat Kohli and the fact that all the Indian fast bowlers are fit and doing well will held the team in good shape in the upcoming Test matches. "On top of it, one plus point is that all our fast bowlers are fit now and the way they are bowling. We have 10 proper fast bowlers and it's an asset. Now we will be playing a lot of matches, so we can rotate our fast bowlers if we want to," he observed. Dhoni is happy that talent is now getting transformed into performance. "As far as performance is concerned, the talent and experience of the team has started to get reflected in the performance and in the times to come, this season we will be playing 13 Tests and I think by the end of it if everything goes well, touchwood, we will be the number one team in the world and the gap between the first and second team will be substantial," he added. Regarding the short T20 series, Dhoni said while the pitch remained same where the bowlers were hammered for 245 in the first game, it was the inclusion of Amit Mishra, which paid off as the World T20 champions were bowled out for less than 150. "I don't think the wicket changed a lot. It is same as the last wicket. It is the exposure that they had in the last game, it gave them the ability to go back and think about their own game plan and often when there is no break between two matches, it actually helps the bowlers to quickly go back and plan," said the 35-year-old from Ranchi regarding India's recently concluded T20I series in Florida against Windies. "It is the execution that matters and I think it was great. Addition of a spinner also paid off well. Mishra bowled really well. I felt it was the whole bowling unit who could restrict them to 140, it was a brilliant effort," he added.