kolkata in the twilight of his career a relaxed mahendra singh dhoni will take fresh guard when he leads his home team jharkhand against karnataka in a group d fixture of the vijay hazare trophy at eden gardens on saturdaydhoni has relinquished captaincy in all formats whereas in the indian premier league twenty20 he recently faced a shocking ouster from the toppost of rising pune supergiants after steve smith was named captainhaving virtually won all the trophies dhoni may not have anything to prove but in his characteristic style he has chosen to lead his home state in the domestic onedayers and travelled with his teammates in train second class ac a first for him in 13 yearsfor someone whos used to a raucous cheers from packed stands dhoni was back at an empty eden during practice on the matcheve and there was reunion of sorts of two friends as he and karnataka wicketkeeper robin uthappa exchanged a warm affectionate hugit was almost 10 years ago they together won inaugural world twenty20 that started it all for dhoni to go on to become the most successful indian skipperthe duo had a long chat before dhoni who was all padded up went in full flow at the nets facing pace and spin bowlersdhoni has an exciting bunch of youngsters at his disposal with saurabh tiwary virat singh ishank jaggi and ishan kishan coming into the team fresh from winning the syed mushtaq ali twenty20 title for east zonethe opposition camp is equally exciting with indian top order batsman manish pandey leading the side and the skipper has already made plans to target the former indian captainwe all know how great a batsman ms is hes been an inspiration to all of us it will be always nice to get ms out as early as possible pandey saidif were able to do that it would be a great thing it will be a real advantage for us as a team we do have our plans to deal with ms it will be all about disciplined bowling and how we conduct ourselvespandey was hit on his left leg at the nets but the batsman shrugged it off saying a minor injuryits a normal ball hit i had an ice treatment it should be fine by tomorrow theres a little swelling but its not a major injurypandey who won the ipl with kolkata knight riders in 2014 with a matchwinning 94 said its like a homecoming for him as hes looking forward to rekindle the old magic with another knight rider robin uthapparobin and i have had some partnerships before however cricket remains the same we have to do well on any ground nothing changes there we will try to take the advantage of whatever knowledge we have of the ground it should be a big helphaving played for kkr for three seasons its like a homecoming for me the feel of the grass the dressing room its an amazing feel out here we