Dhoni is Jordan of 21st century

[Crookbond]

IDK which statement to laugh on here. Simon Hughes - Dhoni is Michael Jordan of 21st Century cricket :facepalm: Panther - No one rates ODI cricket but Indians BG - Only Internet wanna bes rate Test cricket and finally Bye Bye Madraasis equates Dhoni's pathetic English Test match home defense to Jordan's "home title NBA defense" or whatever the hell that means!

[BeautifulGame]

IDK which statement to laugh on here. Simon Hughes - Dhoni is Michael Jordan of 21st Century cricket :facepalm: Panther - No one rates ODI cricket but Indians BG - Only Internet wanna bes rate Test cricket and finally Bye Bye Madraasis equates Dhoni's pathetic English Test match home defense to Jordan's "home title NBA defense" or whatever the hell that means!

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[rkt.india]

He is a good ODI player, average test player. Simon has exaggerated things. Actually, it is not Simon's fault. Every writer, ex-cricketer does that, exaggerating the players he has been impressed with in his time. It has happened in the past and it is happening now and will happen in the future too.

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[rkt.india]

yes because he came in at number 6 by which time in chennai track is flatter than any other pitch in the world.

we were 29/4 in less than 10 overs when he came in and you are talking about came at 6 :hysterical: . It is not like he came in 30th over. Ball was still new with two new balls form each end and swinging and seaming for every bowler. He just played out of his skin, admit that.

[Zelig]

Usain Bolt is easily the sportsman of the 21st century. No one has ever won two consecutive Olympic golds in both the 100 m + 200 m. And the rate at which he is going, I don't think anyone can stop him in Rio too, unless the Beast has other plans. :om:

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we were 29/4 in less than 10 overs when he came in and you are talking about came at 6 :hysterical: . It is not like he came in 30th over. Ball was still new with two new balls form each end and swinging and seaming for every bowler. He just played out of his skin' date=' admit that.[/quote'] Dhoni is surely one lucky man.The amount of luck he has had like missed catches,Plumb L.b.w in that series was amazing.

[FischerTal]

we were 29/4 in less than 10 overs when he came in and you are talking about came at 6 :hysterical: . It is not like he came in 30th over. Ball was still new with two new balls form each end and swinging and seaming for every bowler. He just played out of his skin' date=' admit that.[/quote'] It's chennai not headingley. Btw if he is a master of odi, why not put himself up the order if he is so good at negotiating such conditions? He could stabilize innings and "play out of his skin" all the time :giggle:

[rkt.india]

It's chennai not headingley. Btw if he is a master of odi' date=' why not put himself up the order if he is so good at negotiating such conditions? He could stabilize innings and "play out of his skin" all the time :giggle:[/quote'] Who will finish the match then? No batsman can score runs every innings, neither can play all 50 overs. He can bat at any number in ODIs, but he does not because of team requires him most at later stages of the match. His biggest scores in ODIs have come while batting in top 4. I dont think you watched the match at Chennai. Watch it again. You will know why that was Dhoni's one of the best innings ever. Chennai looked like Headingly that day. It was overcast, pitch was damp because of rain previously, and temperature on lower side than usual. I had never seen such track (seam and swing) in Chennai before. Even in second innings, ball was moving all over. If we had better bowler than Dinda who could swing or seam the ball, we had a great chance to win that match. We looked like folding for below 100 that day as we were 29/5 in 9.4 overs, but it was Dhoni's amazing innings, especially his assault after 35-40 overs that took us to 227. Even now when I think about that match, I find it unbelievable.

[Sidhoni]

If Michael Jordan was sportsman of the 20th century then MS Dhoni is an early candidate for 21st : The Telegraph Source

Partly this is because I saw him at close quarters on a number of occasions, partly because of his amazing ability to consistently win crucial matches in the dying seconds. His Airness was voted the most valuable player in the NBA finals on six occasions and holds the NBA record for most points scored per match. That perhaps conceals the exceptional sangfroid of his performances at critical stages of basketball matches. Almost every time I watched the Chicago Bulls in the finals, the score was level at something like 82-82 with about 30 seconds to go. One of his team-mates would give him the ball. Calmly he bounced it up and down in midcourt as the clock ticked down, 18….17…16…15. Then with about 10 seconds left he made his move. Ducking inside one defender, sidling past another, weaving his way under the basket…7…6….5, then leaping and arching his back and displaying that incredible ‘hangtime’ that seemed to defy gravity to plop the ball into the basket, followed, almost immediately, by the klaxon that signalled the end the of the match. Every player on the court, and most of the 15,000 people in the arena, knew what he was going to do. They had seen it all before. He knew they knew. And yet they were all powerless to stop him. He was propelled by a total, incontrovertible self-belief. There was a certainty, in fact a total inevitability about his match winning move. I thought of Jordan when watching MS Dhoni win yet another match for the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL on Thursday night. He left it late. He usually does. His team needed 46 from the last four overs, two of which were to be bowled by Dale Steyn, the no.1 bowler in the world. We wondered this time if he had left it too late. But no. Steyn’s first ball was manhandled over deep mid wicket for a big six, and his second, a fast bouncer was deposited over long on for another with an extraordinary forehand smash. Fourteen came off that over. Then he lost the strike. So now it was 28 from 12 balls. Fourteen an over. Steyn again. A yorker was whipped for two to deep square leg, another carved over cover for four, a length ball was clubbed over deep mid wicket for six. Steyn could only stand and admire. Still 15 were needed from the last over. The ball was given to a young Indian all-rounder, Ashish Reddy, for his first over of the game. The idea was to take pace off the ball to inhibit Dhoni. But the apprehension in Reddy’s face was clear, and he bowled a wide first ball. This is the effect Dhoni has on people. He missed with a big swish at the second – a clever leg break. Most batsmen would have started to get a bit agitated at this point. Not Dhoni. He simply removed his helmet, pinned his ears back and nailed the third ball, flat-batting it miles over long on for six. Eight to win off four. Still tricky. Reddy attempted a leg stump yorker, but it was wide down the legside. Somehow Dhoni caught up with it and flicked it for four, pointing out to the unsighted umpire that he had got a bat on it, when accepting four wides would have made his situation easier. He biffed the fourth legitimate delivery back past the bowler sending it skimming into the fence. The match was won, and with two balls to spare. Dhoni strolled off, barely sweating. He had scored 41 of those 46 to win from just 12 balls faced. As a one off it was remarkable enough. But the fact is that Dhoni keeps doing this – in one-day internationals, in IPL matches, even in world cup finals, and the stage doesn’t get any bigger than that. You watch him and marvel at his skill and bravado and unrelenting consistency. There is this total certainty in his body language, intensely reassuring to his team-mates and utterly demoralising to his opponents. Like Jordan, there is an inevitability in what he is going to do. All who oppose him know exactly what his intentions are. And yet they seem inert, and he is unstoppable, almost invincible, fuelled as he is by the power of positive thought. And remember he keeps wicket and captains too, in all formats of the game. If you were looking for an early candidate as sportsman of the 21st century, look no further.

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[Sidhoni]

Sorry mods : This is posted already

[Sidhoni]

It's chennai not headingley. Btw if he is a master of odi' date=' why not put himself up the order if he is so good at negotiating such conditions? He could stabilize innings and "play out of his skin" all the time :giggle:[/quote'] Can't believe we have such chewtiyas these days :facepalm: I bet you didn't even watch that match

[Sidhoni]

And btw, Hughes didn't say that Dhoni is Jordan of 21st, stop behaving like the Indian media! He just said that Dhoni is a candidate for being the greatest sportsperson of the 21st century.

[FischerTal]

Who will finish the match then? No batsman can score runs every innings, neither can play all 50 overs. He can bat at any number in ODIs, but he does not because of team requires him most at later stages of the match. His biggest scores in ODIs have come while batting in top 4. I dont think you watched the match at Chennai. Watch it again. You will know why that was Dhoni's one of the best innings ever. Chennai looked like Headingly that day. It was overcast, pitch was damp because of rain previously, and temperature on lower side than usual. I had never seen such track (seam and swing) in Chennai before. Even in second innings, ball was moving all over. If we had better bowler than Dinda who could swing or seam the ball, we had a great chance to win that match. We looked like folding for below 100 that day as we were 29/5 in 9.4 overs, but it was Dhoni's amazing innings, especially his assault after 35-40 overs that took us to 227. Even now when I think about that match, I find it unbelievable.

It was a good knock no doubt especially when rest of team failed, but I don't understand logic of coming so down the order. Best thing I think for india would be if he gives up wicketkeeping and become a captain/specialist batsmen. Get someone like Uday kaul or cm gautam to do wicketkeeping

[FischerTal]

Can't believe we have such chewtiyas these days :facepalm: I bet you didn't even watch that match

I did watch match. The best bowler of that match junaid khan didn't bowl a lot to dhoni in beginning. I am not saying dhoni is a bad batsman, but he has scored most of his runs on flat tracks. That's a fact

[Sidhoni]

I did watch match. The best bowler of that match junaid khan didn't bowl a lot to dhoni in beginning. I am not saying dhoni is a bad batsman' date=' but he has scored most of his runs on flat tracks. That's a fact[/quote'] Dhoni plundered Junaid in the last few overs. When he came in, Pak bowlers were still getting purchase out of the track since the balls were barely 4-5 overs old. Checking out his stats might help, he has runs all over the world in ODIs

[FischerTal]

Dhoni plundered Junaid in the last few overs. When he came in, Pak bowlers were still getting purchase out of the track since the balls were barely 4-5 overs old. Checking out his stats might help, he has runs all over the world in ODIs

There was no purchase in that track after the 40th over. The ball was older than my grandma. As far as all over the world, yes I remember the wonderful hundred he made in Hobart :haha:

[saneindian]

Why only 0-8? Did Jordan concede a home title at home ever like Dhoni did against England? The amount of hype surrounding this hack is astounding and purely a product of tamasha matches. If real cricket was the only cricket being played in the world today the hack would have struggled to represent his country.

Isn't NBA the Basketball equivalent of the Tamasha league? :--D

[tothepoint]

Dhoni is far better. Jordan never had the responsibility of carrying 1.2 billion people on his shoulder.

[Sidhoni]

There was no purchase in that track after the 40th over. The ball was older than my grandma. As far as all over the world, yes I remember the wonderful hundred he made in Hobart :haha:

And your point is? Well, just check his stats to get owned.