King Tendulkar Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 If he had said - he is not thinking about quitting' date=' people would be tearing him apart saying that he isnt taking responsibility for the debacle.[/quote'] Wrong. If he said he was embaarsed and taking responsibilty but was determined to stay on and fight for indian cricket and determined to lead India back to number 1 in tests. Then at least we could say he is ready to roll his sleeves up get us back to winning. Not this I am not really that bothered attitude like we have just lost an odi series. This well I will carry on maybe but if someone else wants to do it I dont really care BS. SACK HIM NOW
J P K Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 now i can understand why seniors chicken out of press conference one statement u guys see it from all angle to hate him
Magneto Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 If he had said - he is not thinking about quitting' date=' people would be tearing him apart saying that he isnt taking responsibility for the debacle.[/quote'] +1. The media would create a case to screw him one way or the other and the gullible fans would agree wholeheartedly.
achilles Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 There is something seriously wrong behind the scenes. And for all you Virat Kohli fans and supporters out there, get ready to be "pwned" the next time Kohli fails. Coz for some Dhoni fans, it is acceptable for Dhoni to fail, as he is a human being. But it is unacceptable to see the same logic being applied elsewhere.
Number Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Nothing wrong with this. But he is bound to get stick no matter what he says. I think he should quit test captaincy.
akshayxyz Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I expect him to say being captain of the test team is the proudest thing in the world for me. I am devestaed by results recently. I will fight with every fibre of my body to get us back to number 1 and winning again both home and abroad. I love playing for india and captaing the test team, its what I have always dreamnt of doing. I want to carry on and fight to bring respect back to test team. Or QUIT! ++ Such/any responsible position should be given to someone who is really up for it and willing to give his all.
King Tendulkar Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 ++ Such/any responsible position should be given to someone who is really up for it and willing to give his all. dhoni sumps up the problem. He is just not up for it, he is just not up for the fight, he is just not up for the tough times test cricket gives. Whats an easy life, a few 6s in other formats and IPL and you are lauded. No need to battle and be TESTED in TEST cricket! PATHETIC
Alchemist Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 IF Dhoni lets go the Captaincy, he will not be in the team. I don't see him in any position apart from captaincy.
King Tendulkar Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 IF Dhoni lets go the Captaincy' date=' he will not be in the team. I don't see him in any position apart from captaincy.[/quote'] Good. His batting in tests is pathetic. No fight, no passion, no desire. No wonder the team get continually raped in tests. The more dhoni speaks , the more I realise how little he cares for tests and how weak mentally he is in tests
VRV Singh Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 MS Dhoni on the change the youngsters have brought to India's dressing room ahead of the limited-overs games in Australia - From Kishore Kumar, we have gone to Sean Paul Does he himself knows what he says? :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
Stuge Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 He doesn't have hunger like he had before .Its the right time for him to step down .
Sid Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 What a waste of space. I was first one to call his complete lack of regard for tests when he rested a test sreies against SL to be ok for IPL. Sack him with immediate effect Yes sir he rested from SL test series to be ok for IPL,which apparently got over 1 month prior to start of that SL test series. Can you with your great cricketing mind tell us why did he play test series vs WI both home and away but skipped the ODI series,if he doesnt give a feck about test kirket :hmmmm2:
Aaku Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Hahah you guys !!!!!!!!!! woh jo bhi bolta tum logo ne laate hi maarni thi :giggle:
Old guy Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 there u go he does not deserve ot be captain with this attitude im not even gonna explain ..good bye dhoni!
Old guy Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Hahah you guys !!!!!!!!!! woh jo bhi bolta tum logo ne laate hi maarni thi :giggle: dhoni fans :wall:
Yoda-esque Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Class act from Dhoni.. He is very comfortable in his own skin Tough crowd here :headshake:
Late Cut Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Some of you are so hilarious...India did so much better without Dhoni right? :haha: The vitrol makes me think that some of you need an easy fall guy, be it captain or coach, rather than some of your idols (just go by user name spunky)...it's the same folks that start the "chest thumping" threads too. :hysterical::protest:
BeautifulGame Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 "I just said my statement. The best thing about statements is, you can assume it the way you want to." That was MS Dhoni's response when told how his statement that he might have to give up Test cricket at the end of 2013 if he is to captain India to their World Cup defence was seen by many as a general disinterest in Test cricket. "Maybe by 2013 I'll have to," Dhoni said. "It is two years away, and the kind of cricket we are playing - IPL, 45 days; Champions League; and back-to-back series; lots of games. We have to see where we last. It's not a calendar year where you get a lot of rest, and you get away with small niggles during that rest period." Dhoni then sought to clarify his thought process. "I said end of 2013," he said. "Now it's the start of 2012, 2013 is two years. I don't know whether I will be alive in two years. That's a long time. What I said was, by the end of 2013, I will have to see whether I can play the World Cup. It wasn't about one format, it was about cricket. I can't play till 2014 and say I am not fit enough to survive till the next World Cup. And you'll have a player coming in who has played just 25 games." When pointedly asked if he was as interested in Tests as he was in other formats, and whether Test cricket was as important in his mind, Dhoni's response was emphatic. "Of course. Test cricket is the real cricket." However, he went on to say he wasn't running down the other formats either. "Every form of cricket has its own challenges," Dhoni said. "You have the Test format, the longer version. You have ODI cricket where you can see glimpses of Test cricket and Twenty20s, especially with two balls getting used. And all of a sudden a team loses three or four wickets, and you go and do the consolidating job and then go on with the slog. And then there is the shortest format where you lose five wickets, you go in and the longest consolidating period you get is one over and you start hitting again. All of them are very interesting, and as long as I am able to, I will play all the three formats." Dhoni was then asked where he felt he was on his Test journey. "I am still on my way. I have not reached any place," he said, suggesting there might finally be something in a Dhoni press conference that might reveal his inner feelings, before going on to show it was just a tease. "If I remember, the thing I said was 2013, which is two years from now on. I don't know if you will be covering cricket or not. I don't know if I will be playing cricket or not. That's a long time." That's the thing with Dhoni. You never know. If you haven't been to a match, you won't be able to tell from Dhoni's face if he has won it or lost it. There is a sense of detachment, whether real or rehearsed, that has worked for Dhoni, ridding him of the pressures Indian captaincy brings. It has consumed the best of them, even the best tactical captain India has had, Rahul Dravid. Dhoni has fought it by not acknowledging it, but over the last 12 months, especially after India won the World Cup, you wonder if he has been too detached when India needed a more involved leader to oversee the transition to the next phase. In Australia, loss after loss brought the same combination, same strategy, same faces, same answers. You didn't get a feeling somebody was taking charge. You didn't see Dhoni change his tactics on the field. You can't blame the thinkers for thinking he didn't care. Dhoni, though, will tell you only he knows how much he cares. However, people who wanted to see a sign didn't get to see one. Then there was intrigue off the field. There were reports of Virender Sehwag wanting the captaincy, and that he was not very appreciative of Dhoni's work. Not to forget that Sehwag can't be very appreciative of his own work, either as batsman or captain at this stage. Sehwag, of course, denied all that. Now that the series is gone, though, rumour mills are abuzz again. Dhoni's captaincy in Tests away from subcontinent is bound to come under scrutiny. When asked where he saw himself vis-Ã -vis the captaincy issue, Dhoni said: "It's an added role and responsibility for me. It's not a position that belongs to anyone. That responsibility was given to me three-and-a-half years back. I have been trying to do well, get along with the team, perform well wherever we play. "It's just a position I hold. It's something I'll always look to do well till I am in the job. It's not something I want to hold on to or stick on to. If there's a better replacement, it's a very open thing. He can come in. At the end of the day you want India to perform. If there is someone who can do a better job, then it's a place that should be given to him. It's not something you have to cling on to." When asked if, given his workload, he had enough left to go on and lead India's attempt at rebuilding from the defeats, Dhoni said: "It's not an individual who decides whether he is good enough or not. It's others who decide if you are good enough or not. When it comes to effort, I am still giving my 100%." To paraphrase Dhoni himself, the beauty of statements is, they are open to interpretations. As are the last two. Is he resigned to losing his Test captaincy? Is he so detached he won't fight if it is taken away? Will he not be desperate to correct the lasting memory of his captaincy - back-to-back whitewashes? Or - and this is interesting - is he daring the powers to find a man better suited to the job because there isn't anybody in sight at the moment? Dhoni was 100% right.It is selectors job to decide whether Dhoni is the best or is there better captain available. If he had offered to quit then he would have been accused of running of responsibilities when under pressure If he had said he wanted to continue he would have been accused of trying to hang on the captaincy without merit and trying to send a message selectors through Media Also Great to see Dhoni already planning for 2015 world cup.
The Dark Horse Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 At least he is not trying to cling onto the side using captaincy:P
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