Re: dada vs dhoni
by apurva singh on Sep 05, 2012 07:28 PM
i remember gangwa literally shaking with fearrr at the prospect of facing fast bowlers. he used to shuffle himself up and down the order to hide from new ball. his condition was patheticcc. dhoni knows no fear.
Re: dada vs dhoni
by SUDHIR SANSARE on Sep 05, 2012 07:37 PM
Ganguly was a biggest motivator of team. Dhoni cannot be underestimated. But Dhoni has developed ego recently. That is not good for cricket.
Re: Who has the better team...
by Abhi on Sep 05, 2012 07:12 PM
when ganguly took over in 1999-2000 india was a really weak team any1 who has been following indian cricket wud know dat dravid, laxman started flourishing after 2001 AUS series b4 dat dey ware also just gud players
Re: Re: Who has the better team...
by Anurag Rathore on Sep 05, 2012 07:16 PM
Yes. I agree but when Dhoni took the charge of team those superstars decline had been started. They were aging and it was affecting their performance. So my point is that Dhoni doesn't have best indian test team. Ganguly was very good captain no doubt about it. But now after 2011 WC victory Dhoni has overtaken his achievements.
Re: Who has the better team...
by Pankaj Garg on Sep 05, 2012 07:14 PM
I like this Anurag. Boss how you manage to get this recordS? But it doesn't make some better captain, if players don't perform. Does it?
Re: Re: Who has the better team...
by Sunil Vaidya on Sep 05, 2012 07:45 PM
pankaj actually the stats were better before aus and eng tour...because of those tours the stats got dented a bit...and dont forget the new Generation players...see also their stats...the seniors as well as juniors have good stats under dhoni...u are looking only at senior stats after they got dented a little after the 2 whitewashes...
we must respect him as he did a lot for india as captain in 1999-2000 it was really difficult times for indian cricket laxman was a new player at dat time and no proper WK in those days only srinath as a fast bowler n he was also on d verge of retirement arnd 2000 ajay ratra, vijay dahiya n many more were tried as a WK parthiv patel came in as a 17 yr old AUS, PAK, SA, WI a lot better n stronger teams dan now in 1999-2000 so better dont comapre dhoni wid ganguly as captain
ganguly as a player avgs 47 in TESTS n 46 in ODIS as a captain 35 in TEST n 37 in ODIS had ganguly never been a captain wud have surely had 10000 runs in tests as well
both of de shd nt b compared as in 1999-2000 ganguly was really in his purple patch he was making heap of runs in ODIs specialy CEAT cricketer of d year in 1999 but INDIA in 1999-2000 was a very weak team compared to 2007 when dhoni took over
Though I am a very big fan of Ganguly and Kapil but if one goes by statistics, Dhoni is better a captain. Ganguly showed lot of agressiveness on and off the field.He was the most agressive and thinking captain.His plans would often work on the field. Under his captainship we saw an agressive Indian team who won lot of tournaments oeverseas and domestic. Dhoni, was given captainship when India was down after their early exist from the world cup.Nobody in the wildest dream thought that India will win world T20 cup in their wildest dream. Winning 2 world cups for India really speaks about Dhoni's captainship. Moreover he is a supercool human being. He never shows his emtion on and off the field.HE has good man management skills. The only drawback with Dhoni is that under his cpatainship India had lesser wins overseas as compared to Ganguly.So I would rate Dhoni as a better captain than Ganguly or any other captian India has ever had. Anyways i am a big fan of Ganguly and I always admired him as a player and captain.
