Ravi AGENT Shastri

[jf1gp_1]

1 minute ago, Khota said:

Can you point to one thing he did that contributed to winning?

None of us know about his contribution or for that matter any past coaches contribution. You only have results to go by. Everyone talks about how good a people manager he is and he ofcourse understands the game.

Lets see how things go in SA, Aus, Eng thats when we will truly know where Ravi-Kohli combo stands till then have no complains.

As far as him defending Dhoni goes, Ravi is the coach its his job to defend players. 

[jf1gp_1]

14 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

we are wining despite him. we were winning with Kumble too. So, things have not changed.

Exactly, he has maintained the high standard set by kumble so why go after him now

[wanted_desi]

93% of people think Dhoni is done, and i am sure all of us are just jealous. 

[velu]

 

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Ravi Shastri has come to the rescue of MS Dhoni, the former captain whose position in the Indian cricket team is under a scanner after struggling in the Rajkot Twenty20 International against New Zealand.

In recent times, two former Indian captains and a top-notch all-rounder have questioned MS Dhoni’s utility in the Indian cricket team. As the debate over Dhoni gathers steam, two of the most important persons in Indian cricket, captain Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri, have come to the rescue of the under-scanner 2011 World Cup-winning skipper.

 

An aggressive Shastri has hit back at Dhoni’s critics like Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and Ajit Agarkar, telling a vernacular daily: “Looks like there are a lot of jealous people around, who just want MS Dhoni to have a couple of bad days. But the Indian team knows who Mahendra Singh Dhoni is and what he means to the team. There are a few people who are waiting to see the end of MS Dhoni, but great players like him decide their own future,” Shastri was quoted as saying to Anandabazar Patrika

 

On Tuesday, after India squeezed out a series win against New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram, Kohli had swatted questions on Dhoni’s value in the team, saying, “He understands his game, he understands his role, but it doesn’t come off every time … he doesn’t score in one game and we are after his life.

 

“I think people need to be a bit more patient. He’s a guy who understands various cricketers. He’s a very smart guy. He understands where he stands with his body, with his game. So I don’t think anyone else has the right to decide that for him.”

 

Unlike Australia or England, where performance takes precedence over emotions in matter of team selection, Indians are sentimental by nature. Past often governs the present and several Indian cricketers have taken great advantage of this sub-continental syndrome.

 

 

Till he decided to retire in November, 2013 in Mumbai, Sachin Tendulkar had not scored a century after January 2011 in Cape Town. In his last 20 innings starting January 2012, Tendulkar scored three fifties, including a 74 in his final innings against a weak West Indies attack. To even think of dropping Tendulkar was considered sacrilege.

 

 

 

Dhoni will be watched closely in the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka. The 36-year-old can easily reclaim lost ground in the three ODIs and three T20s against the woefully out-of-form Lankans. Unless he falls sick or gets injured, Dhoni has a permanent seat in the playing XI.

“In our mind we know where Dhoni stands. He is an ultimate team-man. He was a leader, a great leader! And now an ultimate team-man,” said Ravi Shastri.

 

Kohli and Shastri will have to have a plan for a man they trust so much. Foremost, they must decide MS Dhoni’s batting position and review his role. With talent aplenty and a World Cup to regain in less than two years’ time, India simply can’t afford to be at sixes or seven with one of its most decorated cricketers.

 

 

 

shastri garu

 

@VVS Laxman

 

  @Laaloo 

 @maniac   

 

http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/lot-of-jealous-people-want-ms-dhoni-out-ravi-shastri/story-dCcq6kClPRkX0Fnj8nyv3N.html

 

[Nonbeliever]

Reward from dhoni

Edited November 11, 2017 by Nonbeliever

[Khota]

8 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

None of us know about his contribution or for that matter any past coaches contribution. You only have results to go by. Everyone talks about how good a people manager he is and he ofcourse understands the game.

Lets see how things go in SA, Aus, Eng thats when we will truly know where Ravi-Kohli combo stands till then have no complains.

As far as him defending Dhoni goes, Ravi is the coach its his job to defend players. 

His job is to defend them in cricketing terms. Not social crap like jealousy. Why would I be jealous of dhoni? I think he is incompetent but I am far from jealous.

Edited November 11, 2017 by Khota

[Rasgulla]

Well said Ravi.. He made good points there.

[asterix]

Which Indian team Ravi is taking about? ODI or T20?

 

If all this is for that Mickey Mouse format T20, and if Dhoni doesn’t plays in T20s what sort of hell will break lose? It’s not that he’s great record as player in international or IPL matches...

 

It’s another matter if that IPL loser captain Kohli’s got used to Dhoni taking charge on field and team selections...

 

[Rasgulla]

23 minutes ago, asterix said:

Which Indian team Ravi is taking about? ODI or T20?

 

If all this is for that Mickey Mouse format T20, and if Dhoni doesn’t plays in T20s what sort of hell will break lose? It’s not that he’s great record as player in international or IPL matches...

 

It’s another matter if that IPL loser captain Kohli’s got used to Dhoni taking charge on field and team selections...

 

He has Highest SR in T20Is in 2 years (Players with over 10 T2OImatches)

 

He has 137SR with 38AVERAGE in IPL.. 2nd Highest in the present team with Pandya ahead of him. 

 

Rohit sharma has 130SR with 33 average in IPL... won't look at virat from 2008 to 2015 cause he is crap in IPL.. He is doing something from last 2 years only. 

 

If he is crap t20 player in general then rest of them shouldn't even be in the squad lol 

 

 

[Temujin Khaghan]

Ah crapp we will lose next WC19 and WC2020 anyway. No hopes

[Temujin Khaghan]

14 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

Don’t think any keeper can replace the great man.

It's not dhoni iam worried about

I have given up on our 4/5

Iam content with dhoni and pandya at 6/7 actually...

[Rasgulla]

9 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

Why not play Rohit down the order and find a attacking replacement for him in the opening? Seems like both Dhawan and him play similarily. Someone like RL Rahul would be a good fit for opening.

He is a failure in Odis down the order... Dhoni promoted him to Opening in 2013 and rest in history. Sending him down the order is defo step backwards.

[wanted_desi]

Dhoni even done in ODIs, he is more of a liability in that format. 

[Rasgulla]

2 hours ago, Shaz1 said:

Than who is your pick for number 4?

No.4 is still open at the moment... This is basically the lineup you ll see in next WC

 

Rohit

Dhawan

Kohli

Empty

Dhoni

Pandya 

 

4 5 6 can move up and down according to situation.. 

[Rasgulla]

18 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

Speak up man! Need to tell my bowlers who to go for. This suspence is killing me.

What's the point... get ready for spanking  like every WC. I have a feeling Iyer will cement his place if he was given opportunity. Kedar/Iyer/pandey more likely one of them. 

[Temujin Khaghan]

2 hours ago, Rasgulla said:

No.4 is still open at the moment... This is basically the lineup you ll see in next WC

 

Rohit

Dhawan

Kohli

Empty

Dhoni

Pandya 

 

4 5 6 can move up and down according to situation.. 

What you want 5 bowlers after pandya?

Surely there is another empty batsman spot at no7?

[Khota]

3 hours ago, Shaz1 said:

He kept Dhoni in the team. Which won you many trophies.

He lost CT.

[Turning_track]

1 minute ago, Shaz1 said:

In the final. India without Dhoni woild have never reached the final.

Lol , in which matches did he make a significant contribution?

[Turning_track]

8 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

In every match the bowlers outsmarted the batsmen.

In Bangladesh and SA match bowlers did well. They were thrashed by SL batters at the Oval & in our first match against Pak  we made a huge total.

Top 3 did well in the tournament & only in the final all 3 of them flopped together.

Dhoni being the experienced one should have taken the game forward at least.

Dhoni has only made 1 century since 2013 , that too in January this year against England when he & his pal Yuvi both made centuries.

He has not done anything special since 2015 to be very honest.

 

 

[Khota]

1 hour ago, Shaz1 said:

In the final. India without Dhoni would have never reached the final.

Without dhoni and yuvraj could have easily won. There were 5 passengers on that team and they still made it.