Captain courageous kudos to you A man of few words and much action, he was strategist par excellence, always cool and balanced, I wish he had continued for some more time but he quit before someone could even hint that he had become dispensable
I can vouch none of earlier captains have captained in all formats of cricket except DHONI..ie. T20,One Day,Test and IPL. and won T20 2007,World Cup 2011 and Champions Trophy and made India no.1 in test ranking. In my opinion he is the greatest ever cricket player. And he is selfless...not one for the self records like other 20 years veterans who were forced to retire!!
- he burst into test cricket as a swashbuckling batsman who could keep - he did not have a great technique but achieved more with his own adaptations and application than many of his more talented team-mates. - he probably had more fighting & significant 30s and 40s than many pointless centuries of his record-breaking peers. - he constantly improved his keeping and achieved more than his more 'natural' predecessors - even as they constantly kept predicting his doom - he was cool, composed, never ever complained and led with dignity - and even this was problem for many of his detractors. - throughout his tenure his place in the team was never in question (he was and still is - the best wicket-keeper batsman in the country - while his detractors may not agree, there is no doubt who the Aussies would have preferred in the first test when the Indian chase got close) - throughout his career he was the best available leader - it was not his fault that the other leadership contenders were not consistent enough to be assured of a place in the team. - he has probably timed his exit at the highest point than any Indian cricketer in the past - and not even a test late. - good luck to a cricketer who played on his terms, led on this terms and leaves on his terms
- he burst into test cricket as a swashbuckling batsman who could keep - he did not have a great technique but achieved more with his own adaptations and application than many of his more talented team-mates. - he probably had more fighting & significant 30s and 40s than many pointless centuries of his record-breaking peers. - he constantly improved his keeping and achieved more than his more 'natural' predecessors - even as they constantly kept predicting his doom - he was cool, composed, never ever complained and led with dignity - and even this was problem for many of his detractors. - throughout his tenure his place in the team was never in question (he was and still is - the best wicket-keeper batsman in the country - while his detractors may not agree, there is no doubt who the Aussies would have preferred in the first test when the Indian chase got close) - throughout his career he was the best available leader - it was not his fault that the other leadership contenders were not consistent enough to be assured of a place in the team. - he has probably timed his exit at the highest point than any Indian cricketer in the past - and not even a test late. - good luck to a cricketer who played on his terms, led on this terms and leaves on his terms
Dhoni was the great leader yes for sure not flamboyant like Ganguly.He always behaved matured.He was a leader of men not boys.He got captaincy in early of his career and fulfilled many dreams of Indians.Fun is that all is achievement has given to his luck and all the defeats given to wrong decisions. But the truth is that Indian team is in his transition period, we lacked strike bowlers in foreign pitches, that is the reason for his team failures in Australia and England. Even after so many defeats he never blamed his team mates for his lame excuse.He always backed player who performs for team not individual records. he sacrificed his sensational batting and turned to best finisher of the game.He could have easily bat in top order and hit more 100/50 but he choose to bat later in the order to give stability to batting line up. I don't know any player sacrificed enough for his team.
Re: Re: Dhoni The great captain
by R A on Dec 31, 2014 06:23 PM
I live in US and Dhoni is my fav player of all time...Bcos he is the most successful No 1 in Tests,WC T20 , WC ODI, Champions League, IPL , Champions Trophy....Can anyelse have such a record.
The comments here by Dravid are biased and he is trying to say the Ganguly captaincy was rhetoric and he didn't do what he asked player's to do. I do agree that Ganguly didn't as heavily as Dravid, Laxman, Tendulkar during his captaincy but so were Dravid and Tendulkar. If Ganguly didn't captained India he would have scored as many runs as Dravid & Laxman. Just compare the averages of Dravid & Ganguly from 1996-2000 and 2006-2008, I'm sure Ganguly's batting average is better than Dravid's. Though under Ganguly India performed better than any under any other captain, both sachin & rahul never acknowledged it. And I say Rahul is biased because he never said anything when Virender sehwag, Zaheer and Harbhajan were dropped out of conspiracy.
Re: Rahul Dravid is Biased!
by S on Dec 31, 2014 09:26 PM
Absolutely. You are spot on. He is just trying to undermine Ganguly here . Dhoni was the person in Zim who was hand in glove with Chapell/Dravid.
Re: Rahul Dravid is Biased!
by S on Dec 31, 2014 09:31 PM
Every body today seems to forget the position in which Ganguly took over. It would be enriching and informative to compare the stats/experience of the players of Australia/India in the 2001 series. For the major part of his captaincy Ganguly was without the services of a regular established opener as also a decent wicketkeeper. Srinath/Kumble were often out due to frequent injuries/operation.
Re: tortoise dravid has no guts
by Kathir Krishnamurthi on Dec 31, 2014 08:00 PM
I haven't seen Dhoni have a bowler like Kapil or Javagal who could send tail-enders packing. He had Ishant, Shami and others who made tail-enders score 100s.
