He did the unthinkable? - not anytime in history etc... This is just IPL and you are using so many superlatives. Please save them for really great things :-)
Re: Re: Why everything is so sensational
by Susheel Bhat on May 01, 2012 01:21 PM
Well said. Indians in every sphere of life are very liberal with using superlatives !
Re: If this is called selfless then what abt Sachin
by ajay kumar on Apr 30, 2012 10:47 PM
I will call Sachin selfless only if he quits playing international matches for in order to give chance to youngsters like Rahane, Rahul Sharma and many others.At the moment he is selfish as he refuses to quit inapite of scoring below 20 in majority of the matches including IPL matches.
Re: Re: Re: Re: If this is called selfless then what abt Sachin
by Abhishek Kulkarni on May 01, 2012 11:05 AM
Think before replying. It wasn't Dhoni. It was a team effort. Learn some cricket.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If this is called selfless then what abt Sach
by heypal on May 01, 2012 01:56 PM
was there no team effort in earlier world cup matches. Think before replying.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If this is called selfless then what abt Sach
by ASHISH KUMAR on May 06, 2012 04:08 PM
hepal ur brain is very small. dhoni has no role in wcup win. India also won wcup in 1983 under Kapil & 1985 bensen cup as good as wcup in 1985 under sunil. also india lost T-20 wcup in 2008 & 2010 in 1st round loosing all matches under politician dhono. If u give credit for 2007 t-20 win- why he was not kicked after those losses. he was always a non performer whether india won or loss. Why double standard. When india win- give credit to dhoni. But when loss in T-20 wcup 2008/2010 & whitewash in Aus/Eng- no kicking. why?
Re: Dada should try the same strategy
by Anurag Rathore on Apr 30, 2012 06:55 PM
Ganguly is weakest link in Pune. All good efforts of his captaincy are wasting because of his batting and fielding.
Re: Re: Re: Dada should try the same strategy
by ASHISH KUMAR on May 06, 2012 04:11 PM
same apply to dhoni for CSK. Weakest link in CSK- who bats run a ball at crucial moment & CSK always score 20 runds less. If he is dropped, CSK could win 90% of matches as it is one of strongest team on paper
Courage to step down, my a$$. He is not T20 material in the first place and he is definitely not in the league of Sehwag, KP, Ross Taylor, Shane Watson, Gambhir, Dhoni who can single handedly score a big innings and win a match for the team. DC is the weakest team in IPL by a mile and it reflects in their performance.
Re: He is not a good T20 batsman
by Delhi City on Apr 30, 2012 06:17 PM
You are right, but he is better than 75% batsman playing in this IPL. Dada is one of those, who neither can bat, nor can bowl, nor can field or even nor can run between the wickets.. Still captaining..
Re: He is not a good T20 batsman
by ASHISH KUMAR on May 06, 2012 04:14 PM
dhoni & good T-20 batsman. what a joke? He is the curse for CSK. In 38 T-20 intnl matches dhoni played has no fifty or MOM or match winning inning. his strike rate is pathetic 102 worse than any internation player batting at his position. Even in IPL he score only when weak bowlers operating. agisnt quality opposition he is a big failure & can only score run a bowl. sanga is far superior than useless politicain dhoni who manipulates his batting position but still not able to score. Yes Gyle, watson, tylor, watson etc are class T-20 batsman
Re: Ganguly Dada once did, when he was Captain
by Abhijit on Apr 30, 2012 05:59 PM
Yes this is true, even I remember it happened in Mohali or Bangalore.
Re: Re: Ganguly Dada once did, when he was Captain
by ASHISH KUMAR on May 06, 2012 04:16 PM
when will politician dhoni will step down who manipulates his battinh position still scoring only run a ball inning. Dhoni strike rate in t-20 intnl is 102 worse than any intnl player playing at his batting position
Mike Denness, the then-skipper of English side that was touring Australia dropped himself from the last (6th) test. By then England was down 0-4, and incidentally England won the last test to end the series 1-4.
Re: Mike Denness of England did it in 1974-75 against Australia
by balaji gururajan on Apr 30, 2012 09:55 PM
I guess it was Mike Brearly !!!! I mite be wrong !!!!!
Re: Message is loud and clear
by ASHISH KUMAR on May 06, 2012 04:19 PM
useless dhoni should be top at ur list. Dravid & sachin far superior T-20 batsman than dhoni. Dhoni strike rate in T-20 intnl is 102 & no MOM or fifty or match winning inning even after playing 38 matches. Dtavid in his only 1st & last T-20 intnl, hit three consecutive sixes agisnt spinner which dhoni can never do. in this IPL also dravid is batting better than usless dhoni who always manipulate his batting position to face weak oppositin bolwer
I am really surprised to see this foolish little opinion / article on rediff.
if i read a first 3 paras i am forced to think that Sanga choosing to sit down was not a strategic decision but one taken in haste and shows that Sanga did not wanted to play this game whatsoever.
however when i read the last para it is overwhelmingly contradicting. guess you too got confused as to which way to put it up.
he decided to sit out because:- he was supposed to be thrown out.... he asked his chamchas to loose the match to prove his value in the team... Now he is become permanent member of the team...
