We need to agree to some extent, atleast in Indian Conditions and Weak Bowling teams abroad.
Considering the other teams which are not so good as team India in terms of Balance Bowling and Batting and fielding. He has done well. As a Indian We need to feel proud of his achievemnts for our country.
u let ur no.11 play a full over, in which he scores next to nothing. final over, u have to score 15, if no.11 gets out in 49th, then he is to be blamed. if u score 12-13 runs, then also no. 11 is to be blamed for he scored next to thing in a full over. but if u are successful in scoring those 15 runs, u will be hailed a hero, unparallel one.Genius, if u win, ur hero, if u lose, ur a courageous one and some other poory guy is the villain. Mindblowing
In the must win game in T20 world cup against England in 2011, two of the best explosive Batsmen DHONI and YUSUF PATHAN had to get 18 runs to win and guess what they failed, in a T20 match! why? because, the bowler was Harminson and pitch was English.Wish it was Eranga or Akshat reddy,Irfan Pathan, the result could have been different.
bewan, hussey, kusener and others will try to score 10- 12 runs in two overs and leave 7-9 runs to win in the final over and 9 out of 10 times, they will succeed. nothing spectaculaur, just simple and sensible batting. dhoni leaves 15 in the final over and i bet safely that 3 or 4 times out of 10, he will succeed. but if he succeeds, he will be hailed hero and praised, others bewan,hussey no similar praise, for they keep it simple and sensible.
Re: 3 overs 19 to win; dhoni vs others
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 17, 2013 08:52 AM
It doesn't matter how you do it as long as you do it. So stop being critical. Hussey and Bevan are no Dhoni..
Dhoni is undoubtedly the greatest finisher in Cricket. He is like Rahul Gandhi of Indian Politics. Like Rahul Gandhi, Dhoni is down to earth even though people across India likes him a lot.
Re: Yes. Dhoni is the Rahul Gandhi of Indian Cricket
by Nitin Nimran on Jul 16, 2013 03:28 AM
Hahaha... What comparison !!! Rahul Gandhi is so down to earth that he was detained here at Boston airport for illegally carrying cash worth million dollars... He does not have intellectual asset to even hold any position in politics. Search on youtube wherein you will find his true face and shocking state of GK...
seems mean , too much credit we give to captains, ganguli, azhar had far better class as batsman then , only captaincy for being in 11 does not make any sense, after all its a team game... i c sehwag, yuvraj, dravid, laxman more passionate for team rather then adding wings to their personel feats. sorry dhoni....
Dhoni as a batsman Test Avg over all 39.0, Test avg overseas 28.0, No overseas century or match winning inning in test carrer even after playing 77 test. T-20 Strike rate- 113, No fifty or match winning inning in entire career even after playing 42 matches ODI- Good avg manipulated due to no. of not out innings & manipulative batting position. Even in ODI most runs scored on flat indian wicket against team like Pak/SLK & no overseas century. Dhoni overseas ODI avg is just 39 with no match winning inning in SA/England/Aus/NZL. If you remove his no. of not out innings(52 times), his avg drops less than 35 even in ODI. As a wicketkeeper- Dropped catches in almost every match.
Dhoni test average outside In WI 2006, 24 In SA 2006, 26 In AUS 2007, 17.62 In SA 2011, 35.8 ( one inning of 90 when styen/morkel was kept out of attack for 2-3 hrs) In WI 2011- 19.5 ( score of 0,16,2, 5 & 74(only one good inning when WI was operating with bowlers like bishoo/chandrapaul & front line bowler rampaul/shammi etc was resting due to injury). In Eng 2011- 30.0 In Aus 2012- 20.0 As a captain good record only on indian pitches. Overseas he has lost more test matches(09) than what he won(05) Win includes SLK, Bng, WI & NZL. All other wicketkeeper batsman like Mat prior, Mclumn, Deviller, sangarkara are worldclass & have many match winning overseas inning while mediocre dhoni has none. He is simply made by add agency, media & political fans by hyping his small
Re: politician dhoni overhyped
by umang dattani on Jul 15, 2013 10:11 PM
totally agree!! even I think the same. But I think there is correction, dhoni has 1 century away from home. It came in PAKISTAN on a flat pitch.
Re: Re: politician dhoni overhyped
by anand datar on Jul 15, 2013 10:42 PM
Chhodo yaar. India jeet gaya na ? Don't be score keepers ! Dhoni is also word class.
Re: politician dhoni overhyped
by kalyan krishnan on Jul 15, 2013 11:01 PM
The fact remains he is the best captain India has ever had. So whether you like him or not does not make any difference. Millions of cricketers lovers in India like MSD so one less does not make any difference.
Re: politician dhoni overhyped
by dilip kumar on Jul 15, 2013 11:07 PM
i think u r very much furious abt msd craze and jealous also.bcz u true dada fan.
Re: politician dhoni overhyped
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 17, 2013 08:55 AM
Tendulaar has 100 centuries but hsi win ratio is less than Dhoni.. what does that prove? Dhoni is the whole package. You have to add 50 runs to him everytime just for his captaincy.