graphic23 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Disappointed with Dhoni a bit. I'm not as much saddened by his batting than by our overall game change from the last game to this one. It seems we came in without a plan and just "expected" to win. Our bowling improved a bit from the last game but Irfan was still very expensive (and whoever had the great idea of opening with him instead of Zaheer?). Zaheer was very good, and so were the 2 spinners. Ishant bowled well without reward. I hope the ODIs are a different story altogether. And I hope that the losses are not brushed aside by the team either. I sound a bit whiney but its because I'm a bit disappointed that apart from Sehwag, none of our batsmen are doing well enough (Yuvi++ in 2nd game, I guess). I think we're laying too much blame on luck factor in this form of the game, I don't think we're having bad luck as much as we're being arrogant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontaine Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Disappointed with Dhoni a bit. I'm not as much saddened by his batting than by our overall game change from the last game to this one. It seems we came in without a plan and just "expected" to win. Our bowling improved a bit from the last game but Irfan was still very expensive (and whoever had the great idea of opening with him instead of Zaheer?). Zaheer was very good, and so were the 2 spinners. Ishant bowled well without reward. I hope the ODIs are a different story altogether. And I hope that the losses are not brushed aside by the team either. I sound a bit whiney but its because I'm a bit disappointed that apart from Sehwag, none of our batsmen are doing well enough (Yuvi++ in 2nd game, I guess). I think we're laying too much blame on luck factor in this form of the game, I don't think we're having bad luck as much as we're being arrogant. Maybe, maybe, but from what I saw of the batting the top order was middling the ball, wasn't really troubled by the bounce or pace whereas the Kiwi batsmen all were getting edges and not really middling the ball with any fluency. There was definitely a big element of luck in their batting and Ishant/ZK deserved more wickets for the way they bowled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin_Rulez Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Dhoni's just an accumulator. His tuk tuk style of batting may be effective in ODIs but it simply doesn't work and not suited for T20s where a batsman constantly needs to look and score more in boundaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jittopjose Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 india must had played some practice matches to get along with the new conditions before dwell into serious series.... i think so.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Dhoni has made 79 runs@19.7 from 4 games in the IPL thus far. His SR of 114 is relatively much lower. He keeps coming in ahead of Badri/Oram despite his pathetic career T20 batting(T20 World Cup, India's recent T20 games,IPL 2009) and has been hurting the Choozas. Dhoni v2.0(the one that was unveiled at Lord's 2007) is very effective in ODIs and Tests but is full of fail in T20s. He needs to revert back to his gun batting days of pre-2007. Otherwise, he is no better than Mike Brearley, the 'batsman', in the T20 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 well its not going to happen but how many see the irony in this?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Dhoni has made 79 runs@19.7 from 4 games in the IPL thus far. His SR of 114 is relatively much lower. He keeps coming in ahead of Badri/Oram despite his pathetic career T20 batting(T20 World Cup, India's recent T20 games,IPL 2009) and has been hurting the Choozas. Dhoni v2.0(the one that was unveiled at Lord's 2007) is very effective in ODIs and Tests but is full of fail in T20s. He needs to revert back to his gun batting days of pre-2007. Otherwise, he is no better than Mike Brearley, the 'batsman', in the T20 game. :two_thumbs_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amits Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 its time dhoni was dropped from 20/20 & dinesh kartik included in the team as the keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritwik Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 its time dhoni was dropped from 20/20 & dinesh kartik included in the team as the keeper :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 its time dhoni was dropped from 20/20 & dinesh kartik included in the team as the keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Move to jokes please He's played poorly lately, but he's good enough to be in the team and he's a good captain I agree And if he is dropped who will be the captain :yawn2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tusha_manek00 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I agree with the OP 100% Dhoni can not hit big like the way he used.Bowlers all over the world have found him out.He is also so boring to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Warrior Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 its time dhoni was dropped from 20/20 & dinesh kartik included in the team as the keeper I agree with the OP 100% Dhoni can not hit big like the way he used.Bowlers all over the world have found him out.He is also so boring to watch :asleep::asleep: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Dhoni wont be dropped....doesn't matter how bad he plays. And yes, he will lift the T20 WC twice before lifting the ODI WC in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulrulezz Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Its ok to curb your instincts of hitting every ball but you cant just ignore your natural batting style.... Dhoni rose up in the ranks due to his natural agressive batting... but lately he is a total burden on the team... dont know why he is playing so defensively from last 2 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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