(contd..)Given this background can India still bounce Back and win the series 2-1 ? For that to happen the entire side including Dhoni have to adapt to new ICC rules. Instead Dhoni says he is not “happy with new rules”. In fact the new rules should be more helpful to India with batting as its strength and go against rival teams relying on better bowling strength, especially on pacers. But India will have to play 5 and not 4 specialist bowlers. May be spinners will have to make some adjustments but the new rules permitting two bouncers per over throws a challenge at the ‘pacers’ and helps more of ‘leveling’ of the bowling of two rival sides. Pacers will have to be more accurate. We saw how the Pakistani pacers exploited the conditions in the early stages but were taken for runs by Dhoni himself. So instead of complaining Dhoni has to adapt and change strategies to suit the new ICC rules –reduce relying on part timers for bowling, go with 5 specialist bowlers, go for a young pace attack who can exploit the conditions and be the future , help them become accurate vis-à-vis field settings and so on. Short pitch deliveries w/o pace are going to be carted for runs with just four fielders outside. Erratic bowlers like Ishant Sharma who fail to exploit the conditions will have to simply go home. As of now Dhoni is still the best One day player and Captain. At least let him not lose that position.
Actually what had happened was that after the WC win complacency set in.Until then the batsmen were scoring runs and Dhoni as one of the best ever Indian Captain carried the team well with him. Thereafter everything went wrong starting with Dhoni who was not scoring runs himself and cracks had started developing in the side.Main problem was neither the selectors nor the BCCI were ready to ack problems after the Aus tour,Asia cup debacles. Even if it is accepted that Dhoni alone could not have been blamed for the downward slide, but as the Captain he had to take responsibility and start corrective action in right earnest in consultation with the selectors, BCCI etc.Or else he could have quit the captaincy taking responsibility. Nothing of that sort happened and the yr 2012 turned out to be a disaster. Even now he says he is the "punching bag" as though criticizing him were not fully justified. His recent big innings had gone missing altogether! Why ? Lack of effort or complacency ? Losing has become more of a rule than exception with India more and more becoming habitual losers. It cannot be still believed that Pak is 1-0 up in the series because the current Indian One day side is easily perceived to be a superior side. Agreed the level of unity ,commitment, fielding etc. of the current Pak looks much higher than seen in recent times.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dhoni
by DrYaako TikaNovva on Jan 01, 2013 06:05 PM
agree, but the worst part was when he made fun of harbhajan's dead father in some ad. typical caveman culture from ome jharkhand jungle.
