Sportsmen are retiring late these days !!!

[velu]

Federer going strong at 37 now . Nadal and Djoker are doing well at 32. Usual retirement age is 30/31 in tennis.

Zlatan Ibrahamovic is 37 and still going strong as a striker . Typical retirment age for a striker is 30.

Buffon is 40 now and he will be the main keeper for PSG for another one year.

Wladmir klitshcko retired at 42.

 

Misbah retired at 42. I see many similarities between misbah and Dhoni. Both are their teams fittest guys irrespective of their age.

Assuming Dhoni stays fit like misbah , he can very well till 42.

 

42 -37 = 5 ( this calculaton is for @beetle ji  )

Probably Dhoni got five more years of cricket left in his tank .

 

 

 

 

 

 

@adi B   

[Rasgulla]

It was all started by one guy

 

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Roger federer is an exception not the norm. And lol at the comparison with Misbah. Misbah was exactly like Dhoni. Kept a carefully guarded image of himself and was PCB's man through and through. A guy who choked in the 2007 World t20 and in the Mohali semifinal should have been forcefully retired then at the age of 37 in LOIs. The only reason PCB stuck with him was because their credibility was shot after the fixing fiasco. Between 2011 and 2015, Misbah's ODI strike rate was 70 odd with an average of 40. Misbah played politics to keep out relatively talented batsmen and actually looked like the best player in an extremely weak and one paced batting lineup. If we are gonna compare our batsmen to a lineup that was mediocre even by Pakistan's standards then our cricket is really on life support. Ironically, with all their baggage and lack of infrastructure, they have found 2 good bats in babar and fakhar, very good bowlers , an allrounder and are experimenting with youth to fill the gaps whereas we are regressing ever so slowly.....

[Nikhil_cric]

4 minutes ago, Rasgulla said:

It was all started by one guy

 

 

Tendulkar played ODI cricket for a year after his best it. Did not cost us any ICC tournaments etc. Dhoni is atleast 3 years past being a quality finisher.

[Khota]

Tennis has a way to self correct. Federer lost. Cricket does not self correct. Dhoni is still playing.

[Khota]

Once again I dont want to come across bitter but Federer era is not the same era of a decade back. Tennis is not a popular sport and has less competition. It is easy to dominate in a sport like Tennis. Football is very popular and it is hard to stay at the top.

[velu]

4 minutes ago, Khota said:

Tennis has a way to self correct. Federer lost. Cricket does not self correct. Dhoni is still playing.

 

semis is a big deal at 36 .. even its good for nadal to reach semis

[Rasgulla]

3 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

A guy who choked in the 2007 World t20

Ironic you are calling him a choker when he singlehandedly made a match out of nothing in that final. On the other hand you said

 

3 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Tendulkar played ODI cricket for a year after his best it. Did not cost us any ICC tournaments

When he choked to death in 2003 WC finals and 2011 finals.

[Nikhil_cric]

Just now, Rasgulla said:

Ironic you are calling him a choker when he singlehandedly made a match out of nothing in that final. On the other hand you said

 

When he choked to death in 2003 WC finals and 2011 finals.

Ohk i see where you're from and what you're getting at. cool bro have fun.

[Rasgulla]

1 minute ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Ohk i see where you're from and what you're getting at. cool bro have fun.

 That's one way to chicken out if you fall in your trap. 

[Nikhil_cric]

Just now, Rasgulla said:

 That's one way to chicken out if you fall in your trap. 

Nope. Just a waste of time arguing with below average IQ trolls that's all. 

[Rasgulla]

1 minute ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Nope. Just a waste of time arguing with below average IQ trolls that's all. 

 That's another way to run away by calling someone a troll when you can't prove what you said about oldies. Excuses incoming!

Edited July 15, 2018 by Rasgulla

[Khota]

20 minutes ago, velu said:

 

semis is a big deal at 36 .. even its good for nadal to reach semis

Semis is a big deal. But he is not in the finals. Dhoni is gauranteed a spot in all the finals till eternity.

[Jimmy Cliff]

1 hour ago, velu said:

I see many similarities between misbah and Dhoni.

Ditto. Post 2013, he has pretty much been batting like Tukbah. Yesterday's knock was yet another example.

[velu]

12 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

Ditto. Post 2013, he has pretty much been batting like Tukbah. Yesterday's knock was yet another example.

but can you guys tolerate him another 5 years ?

i am fine with him 

[Jimmy Cliff]

3 minutes ago, velu said:

but can you guys tolerate him another 5 years ?

i am fine with him 

He is a goner after the next WC. 75% confirmed.

[velu]

Just now, Jimmy Cliff said:

He is a goner after the next WC. 75% confirmed.

 

1/4 odds not bad for a 37 year old player

fingers crossed 

[Clarke]

Dhoni like Misbah should have chosen tuk tuk in tests and continued with IPL for $$$$$. 

[velu]

3 minutes ago, Clarke said:

Dhoni like Misbah should have chosen tuk tuk in tests and continued with IPL for $$$$$. 

that is my my next thread title if dhoni plays like this in the 3rd game as well  

[UrmiSinhaRay]

He is a goner after the next WC. 75% confirmed.

Only to get replaced by-Dinesh Kartik.
Also, Dhoni has sent feelers that he'll play beyond 2019.
And what Dhoni decides, He does it.
He is unstoppable.


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