Dhoni's field postions - The Art of Leaking Runs

[ludhianvi]

With the spinners on and bowling short and wide, the area behind square was simply not covered at all by Dhoni. At times like this, I wonder what the think tank is doing sitting there having coffee and donuts. If a noob like me can get these stats off cricinfo, what's the think tank there for?

[Celeste]

Captain can only set fields. Its up to the bowlers to bowl at right field.

[Sooda]

No 3rd man for aaagesss

[Guest gaurav_indian]

Strange you are not blaming bowlers for bowling pathetic line and length.

[Sachinism]

You can't leave an open gap at short 3rd man for singles. The bowlers shouldn't be giving the width required to put the ball in those areas for boundaries. If they take a ball from the stumps and put it there then credit to the batsman

[ludhianvi]

But a captain is suppose to adapt and set the field accordingly. The spinners are bowling short and off so close that area already. The floodgates have been open in that region again and again. Moyo is a class act with cutting and it should be pretty common knowledge.

[donkey]

How could blame dhoni when, bowlers like RP have got no swing, no line & length, no speed, no game plan.

[SachDan]

That is the field placement most captains would have for an off spinner bowling over the wicket..a short third man and a sweeper cover.Since bowlers were bowling short n wide most of the time (which they are not expected to bowl), Dhoni should have had one more fielder at point.

[ludhianvi]

and again...Thankyou come again

[veer]

seriously.. it was wrong placement.. he was trying to save singles but leaking boundaries instead.. pathetic..

[Sachinism]

seriously.. it was wrong placement.. he was trying to save singles but leaking boundaries instead.. pathetic..

You don't set fields for bad bowling.

[SachDan]

You don't set fields for bad bowling.

When you know that your bowlers are having an off day, there's nothing wrong in protecting areas which was not in plan-A

[zubinpepsi]

Dhoni was sleeping today.... he was caught napping.. no imagintion watsover... why dint he bowl raina....

[Max_Cady]

After India got the 3rd wicket, Dhoni put on Virat Kohli and Yusuf Pathan, thereby taking the pressure off Youhana and Shoaib Malik. Bizarre move. Those two guys got their eye in comfortably on a nice wicket and it became impossible to get them out.

[diegovegaz]

it was a poor show from the bowlers they kept bowling outside the off stump bhajji, what happened to him today?

[ludhianvi]

hmmm... idea... wrist watches that capture all this information like D/L, etc

[Zelig]

I thought Bhajji should have bowled from around the wicket a little more.

[MUMBAISKIPPER]

horrible short bowling from bhajji in a crucial game

[ludhianvi]

In the post match interview, Dhoni says 'I've never seen so much cutting" :whack:

[yoda]

Dhoni was sleeping today.... he was caught napping.. no imagintion watsover... why dint he bowl raina....

and why did he bowl kohli?