" Initially recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08 , and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2–0. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent IPL 2010. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni also led team India to number one position in ICC rankings in test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. "
Re: Little reminder for Raja
by Vikas Banga on Feb 11, 2011 03:43 PM
Yeah. One more. Dhoni also won Asia cup after 15 years in which Sachin had not played
Re: Re: Little reminder for Raja
by Anurag Rathore on Feb 11, 2011 03:49 PM
Dhoni has won 13 MOM, 4 MOS in ODI and won 1 MOM in test. For a lower order batsman it's almost impossible.
Re: Re: Little reminder for Raja
by Raja Hindustani on Feb 11, 2011 03:48 PM
My friend ,on the rediff,u will find pic of Sachin holding cup on 2nd April
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Little reminder for Raja
by tendusach on Feb 12, 2011 08:41 AM
ya where the chicken tenla ran away after 2 flop show & still Dhoni managed to win 2 games...
Re: Little reminder for Raja
by Sanjay on Feb 11, 2011 03:39 PM
Many 'firsts' there my friend and this year you will WC 2011 added to his portfolio :-)
If Sachin is made the captain of this very team, I am sure he will confuse everyone and presssurize all. which will become the factor for loosing. Accept it Captaincy needs skill and Dhoni has it
Re: Sachin and Dhoni
by Against Pseudos on Feb 11, 2011 05:11 PM
Vikas Banga:
Well said... Dhoni should actually become a non-playing Captain immediately.... He will probably win more matches as he can lead 11 fully performing people... :)
Re: Sachin and Dhoni
by Sanjay on Feb 11, 2011 03:32 PM
Sachin wouldn't take Captaincy... infact I don't think anyone in the side has the ballz to do Dhoni's job... it's all cool to complain about Dhoni but he is the only man fit for the role currently.
Re: Re: Sachin and Dhoni
by Sanjay on Feb 11, 2011 03:36 PM
In all honesty I would like to see him lose Captaincy for T20 / ODIs as I think his batting would improve a great deal without this burden.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Sachin and Dhoni
by Sunil Vaidya on Feb 12, 2011 02:08 AM
Pseudo:
well sachin is already india's non-playing batsman and you want to make dhoni india's non-playing (?) captain!
Pseudo, you have to learn a lot about cricket. I suggest you start with 'Cricket For Dummies'. You will understand the basics of cricket there and hopefully in about 20 years of time you will have learnt enough to comment here intelligently... :)
His calm and reassured stance creates harmony in the team and that is reflected in performance. I can see this man lifting the cup this WC... quite deservedly :-)
Re: Re: Dhoni is a cool cool cat :-)
by Sanjay on Feb 11, 2011 03:17 PM
you don't know 'jack' about cricket... only about being a 'dog', as YOU are the one constantly barking on this forum. Dhoni's results speak for themselves.
Clive Lyod, Kapil Dev, Allan Border, Imran Khan,Arjuna Ranatunga .. If you consider them , except Ricky who was leading a great team , All of them was superb Captain and was respected for their Captaincy...None of the was best player for their team (may be some extend Kapil Dev in 1983 although we had Gavaskar) but they was highly respected for leadership.......
and that way I guess Dhoni is matchin all this criteria and most Probaly will play in this team only because of his Captaincy
Time table... 19th feb - India starts marching towards WC 20 feb onward - India getting stronger and stronger...... 2nd April 2011 10.30PM wanKhede stadium Mumbai - MSD will be lifting the World Cup. Team players will gift it to Sachin, Sachin will in turn return it to NATION. 3rd April, 5PM PMO will Confer BharatRatna to SACHIN - watch live on NDTV 5.05PM 4th April onward Endorsement worth Crores will flow towards victorious Indian Team, MSD's Income will cross 100 crore mark for 2011-2012 FY .
Re: Yes !! even Time Table is Fixed.....
by Don on Feb 11, 2011 01:37 PM
16th April onward - Start Of IPL Tamasha,it will be obviously Flop show because of " Too Much Cricket" 3 May Onwards Elections in WB Kerala, Tamilnadu. Left will be wipe out from WB and Kerala, 19 may - Mamata will be CM in WB
Re: Re: Yes !! even Time Table is Fixed.....
by ALLADI on Feb 11, 2011 01:52 PM
DIDI will become CM of West Bengal and DADA will be called back again in Indian team as a cptain to over come the debacle of WC
Re: Yes !! even Time Table is Fixed.....
by Sundhar Bajaj on Feb 11, 2011 01:46 PM
These things happens, Please take a rest. Then you will be back to normal.
