The MS Dhoni Thread

[bulbul]

Go-getters with very little concern for the risks involved in their pursuit, needing very little to survive back home, so likely to get satiated with a little success.

totally true

[Sachin=GOD]

Good' date=' so go and post in there[/quote'] since you are already contributing so much humor, I'll just sit back & enjoy for the moment.

[Yoda-esque]

Gavaskar's comment and the one that I like the best: "If tomorrow he has to say goodbye to all the trappings of fame, Dhoni will calmly get on his motorbike and go away. He is that rarity who treats both those impostors - wins and losses - in the same way. He simply plays the game,"

[Yoda-esque]

A comment by one of the other ATGs on MSD: "He [Dhoni] is the best captain I have played under," Tendulkar said in Mumbai. "He is very sharp and always alert. He reads the situation well and is open to sharing ideas. He always has discussions with bowlers, batsmen and senior players separately."

[Yoda-esque]

Steve Waugh on MSD : "He knows how to perform at the big stage. He has got so much of magical touch," Waugh said. "It is not easy to captain India where fans expect a lot from the players," he said.

[velu]

Dhoni won more trophies than rest of the captains combined but again according to few immortals cricket is a team game :P

[Yoda-esque]

Steve Waugh again on MS Dhoni "Dhoni has won every trophy you can possibly win. That is what he can do as a captain. He has done a brilliant job. Very aggressive, very positive and he has been a fine captain for India"

[Yoda-esque]

Dhoni's among the great modern captains: Ian Chappell India's emphatic victory in the World Cup has proved beyond doubt they are currently the best all-round cricket team. In the process, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's polished performance as skipper, where he pushed, prodded and cajoled his side into peaking at the right time, has shown he's not only the best leader in the game but also one of the finest of the last 30 years. His performance ranks him with the other top-class leaders of the period: Imran Khan, Mark Taylor and Arjuna Ranatunga. Unlike their predecessors as the No. 1-ranked team, West Indies and Australia, India do not have a dominant bowling attack. Considering bowlers win matches, this makes Dhoni's captaincy performance even more meritorious. In that regard he's emulated Ranatunga in conjuring up a World Cup victory with a moderate attack. As there's no indication India are on the verge of unearthing a couple of world-class bowlers, and three of their best Test batsmen are closer to retirement than to the pinnacle of their careers, Dhoni has a serious challenge on his hands to keep India at the top of the rankings in the longer game. However, he can take comfort from the fact that none of the stronger teams look likely to surge past India in the race to be No. 1. This is one of the reasons why the 2011 World Cup was such a fascinating tournament: all the teams were flawed. Consequently it was an extremely open World Cup. It's far more interesting when there are a number of good sides rather than one really strong one bullying a string of moderate teams. The previous three World Cup finals were dominated by Australia and the tournament badly needed the upsets and strong finale that 2011 provided. In addition to having the best captain at World Cup 2011, India were also the most capable batting side against spinners. There's a worrying trend, which the World Cup exposed, of batsmen whose footwork is inadequate against spin bowling. This is even more of a concern when you consider that, of the three great spinners of recent times, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble, only the Sri Lankan was in attendance, and by the end of the tournament he was virtually on one leg. There seems to be a train of thought amongst batsmen from some countries that it's less dangerous to employ all manner of zany, premeditated shots than it is to counter spin bowling with sharp footwork. This kind of warped thinking is either a product of poor coaching or lazy batting, or more likely a combination of both. I'm referring here to coaching received at a young age, not once the player reaches international level. It's too late to drastically change a player's footwork once he's old enough to be competing at the highest level. The only major flaw in the 2011 World Cup - apart from the constant confusion over the DRS - was the length of time it took to decide a winner. Consequently it's welcome news that the 2015 tournament will be shorter. However, the automatic choice of all 10 Test-playing nations as the only qualifiers for 2015 is a short-sighted decision. The World Cup is a prestigious tournament and teams should only be competing on merit. Currently neither Bangladesh nor Zimbabwe deserve automatic entry, and even West Indies need to improve dramatically to escape the ignominy of slipping into that category. At least two of those teams should have to qualify by playing in a stringent promotion/demotion tournament with the stronger Associate countries. Whilst this was a successful (and for the most part entertaining) World Cup, the ICC should always be looking for ways to improve the tournament. The introduction of a qualifying tournament, and the distribution of a paper by Indian coaches on how young batsmen can improve their footwork against spin bowling, would be a step in the right direction.

[velu]

it was getting boring lately so now a humorous thread has been created in the cricket talk section.

already preparing for MSD vs $@chin posts kya :hmmm: :giggle:

[Yoda-esque]

"He (Mahendra Singh Dhoni) reminds me a lot of both Ricky (Ponting) and Steve (Waugh). They have similar personalities, strong personalities. They love the team and the camaraderie of the team. For me, he has all the ingredients (to be successful)...,” - Matthew Hayden

[Sachin=GOD]

already preparing for MSD vs $@chin posts kya :hmmm: :giggle:

that debate has already been settled in Goddy's favor :dontmentionit:

[express bowling]

I think Yoda is entitled to celebrate Dhoni, the player, if he wants to and hope that the criticisms are posted in the anti Dhoni threads, which are perfecty valid too. I am no Dhoni fan but the quality I have liked about Dhoni is that he brought the concept of superstars batting lower down the order so that the batting lineup is more balanced. I can't think of any other Indian superstar batsman agreeing to bat at no.6 after scoring the 183 at no.3. In ODIs , batting low means less centuries and not many would have done it. t

[yoda]

Good' date=' so go and post in there[/quote'] :giggle:

[Shunya]

aah...wat a pleasant sight this thread is...hope it stays hate-free...

[Gunner]

:hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:

[Lord]

awesome ODI player

[velu]

[ganeshran]

:hysterical::hysterical:

[gattaca]

^^ we wait for the master.Ruff! Ruff!. We like fetching. raina: not the bouncy fetches.

[Yoda-esque]

Guys please take unrelated posts to other threads ,thank you