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For how Long can MSD be the captain due to the TINA factor?


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New Delhi: India failed to get its act together and were beaten fair and square on the England tour. Injuries played a part but it won't be wrong to admit that players were overworked by choice and not by chance. But MS Dhoni's reactions point towards a skipper who refuses to admit that they were a distant second on a no-contest tour. The latest of India's string of disappointments came in the fourth ODI at Lord's, which ended in a tie after rain interruptions in the dying stages of England's chase. But Dhoni, for some reason, saw the "ugly side of cricket". dhoni1807-630.jpg "We just saw the ugly side of cricket. Whichever team has the upper hand, doesn't want to play," said a clearly peeved 'Captain Cool'. India also failed to defend a target in the third ODI, even after rain made it stiffer for the hosts. Dhoni still said "we are not down and out." "The first 10 overs were crucial. We gave away too many runs. Otherwise the spinners would have had a few more runs to play with," said Dhoni. "The boys are still very excited. Whenever they turn up they want to give 100 per cent, so when it comes to the motivational factor, we are not down and out. It's not like we didn't try. An uninspiring body language throughout the 4-0 whitewash in the Test series didn't go unnoticed by fans and experts alike, but Dhoni's stubbornness didn't allow him to admit it after the bowlers failed to defend a stiff target of 187 in 23 overs in the second ODI. "We're not just going through the motions, but nothing has really worked for us," he added. India were way of the mark in the Test series. Yes, injuries took their toll right from the first day of the tour in Lord's but still saying that "we tried our best" smells of obstinacy. "We tried our best and that's what is important," said Dhoni. Dhoni also said that they didn't get time to prepare, indicating the chockablock scheduling. But shouldn't players also be held responsible when they opt to play the IPL just five days after a gruelling World Cup at the cost of West Indies tour? "There was no complacency, but we didn't get much time before the series started," said the Indian skipper. The bowling wasn't working, more so in the absence of Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. The situation called for playing five bowlers as the English batsmen were scoring runs at a canter, but the Indian skipper refused it outrightly. "In the last two years, we haven't played with five bowlers. I don't see it happening now. We don't want to play with a batter light." India knew Zaheer was up against it when it came to recovering from his injury, but still considerable amount of time was lost hoping for his recovery, which delayed reinforcements. But Dhoni doesn't rue that even. "When it concerns people like Zaheer and Sehwag, you wait for them so they are available for selection, for you know what difference they can make." And when it was asked if the players are getting injured because of being overworked, Dhoni refused to admit players' mistake of playing in the IPL and instead put the blame on a nonexistent rotation policy. "We will have to rotate. It's important that players get rest. Raina has been participating in all formats. It's more to do with the mental rather than the physical aspect. Good rest helps you keep the injuries away." What remains to be seen now is how the BCCI reacts to Dhoni's first failure as captain once the team returns home.

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India LOST all Tests and All one days too..........4-0 in tests and 4-0 in one days and 1-0 in T20... CLEAN SWEEP......... Many mistakes committed by Dhoni in this series..... First test he played an unfit Zaheer Khan....... He never Picked the best left arm spinner in the team Pragyam Ojha...who is a class act. Amit mishra was never Supported well and Bhajji was supported so much that even when he was failing miserably Ravi Ashwin or Ojha was not played. His fielding placing was also very un supportive of fast bowlers..even in tests.ishant and Sreesanth got one slip most of the time and the slip fielder dravid failed or dropped buckets of catches. I feel dhoni does not manage fast bowlers well, its a well known fact that dhoni and sreesanth are at logger head,,,ishant did well in WI under gambhir.... Ishant fAiled under dhoni... Selectors Please Sack Dhoni as Captain and give final warning to flether else if they don't do this australia will beat us badly again, we need a fresh captain and a captain who backs fast bowlers as in australia spinners wiLl not win u matches. Sack dhoni the captain.

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Guys understand the message instead of dissecting me....go behind dhoni. Dhoni supports PK Munna ( probably has made him slow) Balaji and others.... He needs to find genuine fast bowler.... A fast bowler has to be a fast strong Man first like Malcom marshal Garner Walsh Wasim Waqar waheeb Raiz DeNnis lilee Zaheer Khan even Srinath was damn Strong( I have seen him bowling at 145 K against africa when donald was against us....I am pretty sure that donald and srinath were at the same Pace... Select Strong Guys...Select fast bowlers who can continue to be fast rather then guys like unadkat.....do u know this mumbai pacer apart from agarkar, I m missing his name, bcos he is thin nobody is sure how he will bowl ..one day he bowls at 138K second day he bowls under 125K..that slim fast bowler like Agarkar. Agarkar was an exception who ws slim still strong n fast ...this other guy when he is in form he is better then Abu nachim but u can't say as abu nachim is stronger so sachin plays abu most often in his IPL team

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I feel dhoni does not manage fast bowlers well, its a well known fact that dhoni and sreesanth are at logger head,,,ishant did well in WI under gambhir.... Ishant fAiled under dhoni... Selectors Please Sack Dhoni as Captain and give final warning to flether else if they don't do this australia will beat us badly again, we need a fresh captain and a captain who backs fast bowlers as in australia spinners wiLl not win u matches. Sack dhoni the captain.
Gambhir never travelled to WI. Ishant took 22 wickets in 3 tests in WI under Dhoni. Rant FAIL.
I meant Ishant performed well under Gambhir when he captained...
Ishant hasnt played a single game under Gambhir :cantstop:
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India LOST all Tests and All one days too..........4-0 in tests and 4-0 in one days and 1-0 in T20... CLEAN SWEEP......... Many mistakes committed by Dhoni in this series..... First test he played an unfit Zaheer Khan....... He never Picked the best left arm spinner in the team Pragyam Ojha...who is a class act. Amit mishra was never Supported well and Bhajji was supported so much that even when he was failing miserably Ravi Ashwin or Ojha was not played. His fielding placing was also very un supportive of fast bowlers..even in tests.ishant and Sreesanth got one slip most of the time and the slip fielder dravid failed or dropped buckets of catches. I feel dhoni does not manage fast bowlers well, its a well known fact that dhoni and sreesanth are at logger head,,,ishant did well in WI under gambhir.... Ishant fAiled under dhoni... Selectors Please Sack Dhoni as Captain and give final warning to flether else if they don't do this australia will beat us badly again, we need a fresh captain and a captain who backs fast bowlers as in australia spinners wiLl not win u matches. Sack dhoni the captain.
One more thing, we didn't lose 4-0 in the ODIs. Just pointing out, not saying we were good or anything...
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India needs a new captain This personally is not a statement based on India's performance alone in England, there were too many factors that invariably plotted against India winning , specially in one-dayers,coming out of the Golden era India needs a stong leader with the goal to find the next generation of players a plotter , visionary , good coach and astute selectors.Duncan Fletcher does have the credentials, Dhoni reaped the benefits of having a great team , his contribution was a calm head, held the team together and due to Kirsten the planning , execution was excellent also his batting flourished in his favourite conditons. What Dhoni lacks is in planning for a year or two years from now, his selecting the playing eleven, over reliant on his bunch of players and buddies,there have been a few victims of his near sightedness, Irfan Pathan, Sudeeep Tyagi , Dinda, Gony, Tiwary,no hopers given a chance due to obscure logic, we need a left hander, swing bolwer bowling at 120 k, does it matter if you can seam , swing , at 118 k , cannot field .Team selection also has'nt been the best , if a player has a glaring weakness but is talented, he should be given a chance to make a comeback thru domestic and A team tours , not persisted with at the cost of Indian team, ala Raina and Vijay.You can see the same thing in his capatinship and selection for CSK, INDIAS BEST FUTURE PROSPECT DOES NOT GET ANY CONFIDENCE THRU dHONI , sUDEEP tYAGI.lIFE IS ABOUT EVOLVING , CHANGING PLANNING , NURTURINg SAME WITH CRICKET THATS WHY WE LOVE IT, ONE DIMENSIONAL CAPTAIN HAS SEEN HIS HEYDAYS,he is not even good enough in batting away from India as it shows thru his lack of technique,selection's were illogical as well,Unadkat, Mithun , RP,ANIRUDH. Players cannot be only judged thru their averages as far as domestic cricket , players with the spark , talent , bowlers with aggro pace, spinners that can be mavericks, that is what England did during Fletchers being at the helm , I hope that is replicated during his stay in India.We need ex players like Ganguly, Waseem , Vegsarakar, More, Shastri , to plot and lead India team towards the future.India to have a system that recognizes and realizes that talent has to be recognized early and given a channce , some times at the expense of playing it safe, this is also what the Aussies recognized , the Pakis do and England started few years back, we need stronger selectors and coach,also where we lack majorly is support for our main bowlers, we need to build our reserve , batting still has enough backup , we lack in bowling , spinners, we need to identify , target , nurture , groom , take risk's

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