No doubt he is a good captain and led India forward but now its time for MR KOOL to try the flexibility factors instead of being stubborn with his instincts. He has never been critised for his team performance of late but this WEST INDIES flop show needed more character from MR KOOL after leading India for some years now. Decisions,batting order,selection process,bouncy pitches , etc all went against Dhoni and he should take all the responsibilities himself .ANYWAY END OF THE DAY , NO ONE EXPECTED HONESTLY THAT INDIA LL BRING THE CUP HOME AFTER THE SUPER EIGHT STARTED. Better luck next time
Re: Dhoni
by Varun on May 13, 2010 02:26 PM
He is all right. I am sure he will learn from his mistakes. A team is not captain alone. Plans needs to be executed. Easy for arm chair experts to criticize.
Re: Dhoni
by Kiran Kayarwar on May 13, 2010 12:17 PM
Its Attitude that made Dhonis loss. A game where you need to contain opposition or score runs in less than stipulated overs calls for character which Dhoni and his men lacked.In such kind of situation any team would have gone to chase rather than defend.It was evident as Srilanka defeated India.Dhonis men lacked attitude and that killer instict to beleive that they could have chased.Neverthless, if you have IPL before World Cup you will see the same execuse from Dhoni and his team in 2011 as well
Re: fdssdfs
by Varun on May 13, 2010 02:27 PM
True. He will learn from this experience as well. It is funny how people assume dhoni controls indian cricket.
Re: fdssdfs
by Vadali VenkataRamaKishore on May 13, 2010 12:07 PM
Dhoni's performance as Captain should not be over-rated. The team-unity was fired up and addressed first by Anil Kumble before and during the recent Australia Test Series (notorious due to the Sydney Test). 2) Dhoni led this team to a one-day series triumph over Australia. 3) Everybody conveniently gave credits for the triumph to Dhoni, whereas all the hard-work was done by Kumble. 4) Dhoni needs a reality check, and needs to be honest in telling the board some blunt truths. 5) BCCI should also know that WORLD CUP is more important than IPL, and hence IPL should have been re-scheduled
i dont know how he is becoming d captian to d flop captain, the way he criticises his team mates when we lose the match , instead see the approach of Sehwag towards his team mates when he(sehwag) is the captain and how he(sehwag) protects his team mates,
Dhoni, is full of those nonsense kind of explaination whenever we lose the match
and there is no exception , the party is the excuse and then why failing last time in t20 world cup with same fatigue we continue to make the same reason again, why is he playing IPL to lose T20 world cup
shame on him , being a captain he is giving such explaination,
rise your level of reasoning Dhoni,or you look a laughing stock.
All the chaps who are supporting dhobi either belong to the old generation and maybe 50 years old or working in some govt office who have this chalta hain attitude. They don’t know that the world has changed. No one can rest on their past laurels. Even 3 year school kids are taught the funda perform or perish. If u fail in an exam u don’t get promoted u cant given an excuse that u couldn’t study bczo u had some birthday party.Dhobi has to resign that is the new world order and new thought .
Re: perfrom or perish
by Michael on May 13, 2010 11:38 AM
A captain is only as good as his team. He won the ipl title because his team performed well. Whereas in the t20wc the team was playing wrost and dhoni is also to be blamed. Dhoni could have selected atleast 3 seamers and avoided jadeja.
why dhoni came at no.2 down when yuvraj,pathan and rohit were there ? I think rohit sharma would have came at no.2. he is in great form and that might be the difference.
Re: wrong batting order
by Anjan Ghosh on May 13, 2010 11:36 AM
Dhoni came at no 2 because the score was good 96/2 if it was 15/2 or say 9/2 he would have send others.
Re: Re: wrong batting order
by s h on May 13, 2010 11:40 AM
yes ! he thought that pitch is good and if openers have done well. I can also hit a six in every ball.
Re: Re: wrong batting order
by sri dg on May 13, 2010 12:37 PM
i agree with you.This has been the pattern with Dhoni now a days.Even with CSK he used to do the same.If score good then he will come and if the score is bad, then he will come even afetr albie morkel!!
From 90/1 in 10 overs , at a minimum the score should have been 180 on a Flat pitch. Even that is low in a 20-20, surey 200 was possible. Dhoni has to take all the blame for his horror show both as batsman as well a Selection. Where is that clown sRIKANTH?
Re: Against Sri Lanka
by sri dg on May 13, 2010 12:38 PM
srikanth is selecting team the way he used to bat.Full of risks and instincts.No analysis, just instinct.He selected the t20 team on reputation rather than form
Already players are complaining of tiredness and with two more teams each team has to play 18 league matches. Soon players wont have time for even world cups. Its better ipl was scrapped, which is next to impossible. Ipl has become a cash-cow and people are only going to pamper it more.
