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It’s the right decision to leave out MS Dhoni: Ajit Agarkar


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24 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Agarkar on India vs Australia 3rd ODI(ESPN Cricinfo post match) :

 

 'Dhoni may prefer taking it deep but not sure batsmen at the other end are as comfortable with that approach as they look like they feel the pressure' (referring to Kohli)

 

'Not sure this chase should have been taken into the last over'

 

'Plenty of nervous faces in the dressing room during chase'

 

'Australia didn't have 5 good bowlers which they might have next time'

 

'Australia very sloppy in the field'

 

'Dhoni should bat where it suits India, not where it suits him'

 

Some said it finally! 

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26 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Agarkar on India vs Australia 3rd ODI(ESPN Cricinfo post match) :

 

 'Dhoni may prefer taking it deep but not sure batsmen at the other end are as comfortable with that approach as they look like they feel the pressure' (referring to Kohli)

 

'Not sure this chase should have been taken into the last over'

 

'Plenty of nervous faces in the dressing room during chase'

 

'Australia didn't have 5 good bowlers which they might have next time'

 

'Australia very sloppy in the field'

 

'Dhoni should bat where it suits India, not where it suits him'

 

Can we make him BCCI head.

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23 minutes ago, raki05 said:

Can we make him BCCI head.

Ajit seems to be a cerebral and objective individual, which there's a dearth of in Indian cricketing fraternity. As a player, he probably isn't in the upper echelon in the annals of Indian cricket like with Dhoni, Dev, Tendulkar. Gavaskar etc(Agarkar was a great ODI bowler), but those are the guys like him and Aakash Chopra that sometimes understand the game better because it comes a little tougher to them. They understand what wins and loses, what they have to do to get an advantage and really understand the game, which he does. He inherently understands the game, and not everybody does. There's a reason why he's an effective analyst and someone I've immense respect for along with Aakash.

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4 minutes ago, GoldenSun said:

He seems to be a cerebral and objective individual, which there's a dearth of in Indian cricketing fraternity. As a player, he probably isn't in the upper echelon in the annals of Indian cricket like with Dhoni, Dev, Tendulkar. Gavaskar etc, but those are the guys like him and Aakash Chopra that sometimes understand the game better because it comes a little tougher to them. They understand what wins and loses, what they have to do to get an advantage and really understand the game, which he does. He inherently understands the game, and not everybody does.

Golden sun actually posts :dance: 

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6 minutes ago, GoldenSun said:

He seems to be a cerebral and objective individual, which there's a dearth of in Indian cricketing fraternity. As a player, he probably isn't in the upper echelon in the annals of Indian cricket like with Dhoni, Dev, Tendulkar. Gavaskar etc(Agarkar was a great ODI bowler), but those are the guys like him and Aakash Chopra that sometimes understand the game better because it comes a little tougher to them. They understand what wins and loses, what they have to do to get an advantage and really understand the game, which he does. He inherently understands the game, and not everybody does.

If we had a bowler like Aggy now, we would be comparing him in legacy to Sachin. Bowlers were not rated that highly those days, hence he is underrated as we did not have a bowling unit to hunt in packs. Nevertheless a ODI ATG...

 

Agarkar was the first bowler who gave me belief that Indian bowlers can bowl Yorkers and cartwheel stumps. Absolute bliss for some of the 90s kids...

 

There were many of us who would try to emulate aggy's bowling action by holding the ball close to the chest.

 

 

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9 minutes ago, prasen82 said:

If we had a bowler like Aggy now, we would be comparing him in legacy to Sachin. Bowlers were not rated that highly those days, hence he is underrated as we did not have a bowling unit to hunt in packs. Nevertheless a ODI ATG...

 

Agarkar was the first bowler who gave me belief that Indian bowlers can bowl Yorkers and cartwheel stumps. Absolute bliss for some of the 90s kids...

 

There were many of us who would try to emulate aggy's bowling action by holding the ball close to the chest.

 

 

An immensely underrated Indian cricketer who was the mainstay of the bowling attack in the early/mid 2000s. His ODI record is stellar for an Indian bowler and I'll always remember his spell at Adelaide in 2003. He's more than qualified to comment on Dhoni and all things Indian cricket.

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6 minutes ago, prasen82 said:

If we had a bowler like Aggy now, we would be comparing him in legacy to Sachin. Bowlers were not rated that highly those days, hence he is underrated as we did not have a bowling unit to hunt in packs. Nevertheless a ODI ATG...

 

Agarkar was the first bowler who gave me belief that Indian bowlers can bowl Yorkers and cartwheel stumps. Absolute bliss for some of the 90s kids...

 

There were many of us who would try to emulate aggy's bowling action by holding the ball close to the chest.

 

 

Oh please. He was a good ODI bowler who can take wickets but can go for runs. Wasn't consistent but picked continuously. Zaheer is an ODI great not this guy. Agarkar is the main reason we lost to Zim in the 99 WC. We would have got 2 points into the super six and we could have made the SF but that wasn't to be.

Him not getting picked is the reason we went to the finals in 2003. If he was picked, we would have lost a lot of games in that tournament. Maybe for you but most of my friends used Mcgrath, Gillespie, Lee and Warne as an inspiration. They were true matchwinners unlike this guy

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