McCullum will remain same in ODI series

As the two Twenty20 games against India prove, Brendon McCullum has evolved from a slogger to a finisher and the star Kiwi stumper-batsman says he will maintain the same approach in the forthcoming ODI series against Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team.
In both the ODIs, the Kiwi stumper played mature unbeaten knocks to guide the hosts to victory and was rewarded with the man-of-the-match award on both occasions.
Happy with the way he batted on Friday for an unbeaten 69 off 55 balls, McCullum said, "tonight was more satisfying for me than the other night, though any time you finish a game for your country you are incredibly satisfied. Today was just a little bit better in how I got my runs. It was a little more aggressive up front and was able to work around through the middle and try and create some partnerships.
"So there's definitely something there for the one-dayers so hopefully I can try and carry that sort of approach to it," said McCullum.
The new responsibility may have curbed his natural strokeplay but the dashing wicketkeeper-batsman insists he was enjoying it.
"I had to work a little bit harder. The responsibility of trying to bat through the innings was on my shoulders. Thankfully I have been able to do it in both games," he said.

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