Dhoni in form in LOI when..

[J P K]

Dhoni hails exceptional fielding for win : India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was full of praise for his side's "exceptional" work on the field in the second Twenty20 International against Australia here on Friday, which helped the visitors' register their first win in the ongoing tour. An agile India on Friday effected as many as four run outs to restrict Australia to 131 and then rode on Gautam Gambhir's unbeaten 56 to pocket the match by eight wickets and snap their losing streak Down Under. The visitors had earlier lost the Test series 0-4 to Australia before suffering a 31-run defeat in the first Twenty20 game in Sydney. "It is always good to be on the winning side, the boys were exception in the field, probably the best fielding I have seen. It will be hard to beat this effort" Dhoni said after the match at the MCG. "We are a side that relies a lot on a good start, not about the runs, a good, calm start is what we look for. "Praveen bowled with the new ball, forcing the openers to make mistakes and the spinners did well too, they went for a few runs in between but overall it was a good effort by the bowlers and equally by the top three batsmen," he added. His counterpart George Bailey also admitted that his side was completely out-fielded today and the four run-outs made all the difference in the match. "It wasn't as close as it looked. Losing is part and parcel of the game, we were well short with the bat tonight. Four run-outs was the big difference. We were clearly out-fielded," Bailey said. Only his second match as Twenty20 captain, Bailey said they were trying to build a new team and have to be more consistent to emerge as a dominant side in this format of the game. "We have a great bunch of guys, we are trying to build onto something, we have put some game plan together but the key is to be consistent," he said. Indian allrounder Ravindra Jadeja was adjudged the Man of the Match for his figures of one for 16 and effecting two run-outs of Australian captain Bailey and opener Aaron Finch. "It is a pleasure to play for India, it is a very good achievement for me. Mahi (Dhoni) Bhai always told me to have believe in myself and I too tried to play my natural game," he said. http://cricketnext.in.com/news/dhoni-hails-exceptional-fielding-for-win/63553-13.html

[Dravid_TheWall]

Ab Sehwag ko uppar bhejo ya neeche' date=' hai to wo haat budhi hi :winky:[/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical: But no new ball, tbh I think he would have failed lower down too. Seems to not look in control no matter what. I am sure he would have found a way to get out.

[akshayxyz]

That's exactly what I think. Main bowlers and batsmen let the team down. Dhoni did keep well but thing is as captain he should have been more proactive, change batting order, do something different, not just turn up everyday and do the same thing same result. Reminded me of Groundhog day movie :hysterical: Captain has power to change order. Maybe should have moved Sehwag down, put Kohli up e.t.c Anything to surprise Aussies and psychologically they would have felt they were trying to get out of this hole.

have been advocating this for quite long. But looks like captain/BCCI is not going to realize before its too late. anyway, its off topic.

[Magneto]

ek angrezi shabd ne bacha liya tujhe. I knew it would be your reply - but traditionally LOIs have meant ODIs, and people do not mix (not yet) t20I and ODI averages.. Fan bolkey gaali nahi deney ka, just correcting facts. aur kiskey nick name mein 'dhoni' aata hai??

I meant Sidhoni only. :dontknow:

[Ultimate_Game]

Dhoni's already one of the best players ever to play odis and I don't think anyone was a better finisher in shorter format barring Bevan. He's tailor made for shorter formats but needs to move away from Tests. I hope BCCI grooms Kohli or Gambhir as a captain over the next year or so, so that they can be the captain when India tours away in 2013.

[vamos_rafa]

:hysterical::hysterical: But no new ball, tbh I think he would have failed lower down too. Seems to not look in control no matter what. I am sure he would have found a way to get out.

Yes.. Infact in Delhi, there's a famous saying for jaat people. It goes like: jaat re o jaat,sola duni aath.... PS No offences to any of the jaat bhais here.

[kabira]

>jaat re o jaat,sola duni aath I am Jaat and I am offended....

[vamos_rafa]

>jaat re o jaat,sola duni aath I am Jaat and I am offended....

Sorry yaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr