just look at Morgan(Eng Captain)and his risk taking early on in his innings set up the match as a good contest.It is all about snatching the opportunity and not build it to an obstacle and then try clearing it.A young and less stiff Captain is needed for both T20 and Test matches.Dhoni can be in both t20 and ODIs but has to be dropped from Tests.
people should enjoy the game as long as the game is close rather than finding faults. One team can not win every game and one individual can not finish the game successfully every time he goes out to bat. Y'day Dhoni took the responsibility after seeing Rayudu struggling to connect.
Re: in T20 and ODIs
by anil kumar on Sep 08, 2014 08:32 PM
If one individual cannot finish always, then why didn't he trust Rayudu ? Raina, Rayudu & even dhoni struggled to connect after fifteen overs. He under estimated Rayudu who scored last ball six twice while playing with mumbai indians
India had chance to win easily. With too many wickets in hand no one expected india to loose it. Its disappointment for every one.
Re: Re: in T20 and ODIs
by Shweta on Sep 08, 2014 09:06 PM
Rayudu had just come in and he was not able to connect and Dhoni took the responsibility.Unfortunately, it did not work out on that day.
Re: Re: in T20 and ODIs
by Nitant Goradia on Sep 08, 2014 09:08 PM
One should not forget that last year in one final Dhoni played well against Srilanka with last man Ishant to snachted victory against Srilanka.
its a part of game , had he connected a dot delivery the scenario would have been different also we cant forget his reputation as best finisher in the game.Time and again he has proved it,finally he's a human being and no super hero.Everyone makes mistakes so did he.You cant keep just playing the blame game.Its all about that moment.I am no big fan of Dhoni just a true lover of the sport.An adorer who has played it and loves the game above all.Its time we stop criticizing players and just enjoy the sport.No one does it on purpose specially when you represent your nation.
Re: Stop criticizing Dhoni its just a mistake
by mahadevan ravi on Sep 09, 2014 03:27 PM
Agreed that no one does anything purposely to lose but if Dhoni says he wanted to take up the scoring all by himself as Rayudu was struggling,is it not a predetermined act and when you say "that one dot ball he would have connected"- the same would have applied to Rayudu.After all trusting your partner's ability is really the key to confidence building for future.
The T20 played was not India V England. It was Chennai Super Kinds v England. How a national team can have 5 people from 1 IPL Team (Dhoni, Raina, Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja) ?. It is high time Govt. of India take control of BCCI.
Re: It was CSK vs England
by westindies on Sep 09, 2014 06:07 AM
This has been going on since last 5 years and that is why India is losing Test matches in less than 3 days overseas.
Its really ridiculous to see that not giving an option to a proper batsman / allrounder to score runs in the final over. Again Dhoni's unnecessary overconfidence & selfishness make a lost to us. Further it seems to be other than Dhoni no other captains are holding the captainship & wicket in all the three formats. Think, its right time to give way for others too, especially people like Karthik, Partiv, Saha etc. Individuals interest repeatedly dominates Indian Cricket.
Maybe MSD did not pass on strike to Rayudu because Rayudu may really have hit winning runs. Anything possible in Team BCCI, especially when big bucks involved. Not sure if even Mudgal report will tell the whole truth.
Actually, dhoni is really a very proudy. if raydu cant play t20 matches as he has not shown any interest to raydu then why was raydu was kept in playing 11. we lost only by three runs, if the three singles would taken, india surely will have cross the line and win the match. In the 2nd ODI when Raina made century and he was playing along with Dhoni. He could not middled the ball, otherwise we would have 330-340 runs in that mathc. i think he has lost his reflexes and he should stepped down from all formats of the game. But regreto to say that untill Srinivasan is there. Dhoni will also be there and so Dhoni team, i.e. CSK. In the current team, 6-7 players are from CSK team. I pray for Modiji to take over BCCI and induct some legend on the board. Jai Hind
dhoni he is a great player & best finisher in the world, but her was over confident to finish game by him self, so the result was in oppositon faver, he shouid trust and give confident to his team mate, he did'nt do with raidu as all knows that raidu game ipl
Re: over confidence
by ALOK BHATTACHARYA on Sep 08, 2014 07:23 PM
In case Raidu did fail to finish game in India's favor then most of us would have cribbed that Dhoni should have collect winning run. In fact, people are very opportunistic and has habit to criticize.
