Sidhoni Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Go check the records and tell me which captain from a major test playing nation went 3 years without an away win. Also check which captain from a major test playing nation remained captain after being whitewashed 4-0 twice. So right now you can laugh all you like but in the end M will easily rank as India's worst ever Test captain and if he does stay as captain after this then further losses in Eng and AUS (which will definitely happen) will put him in contention as one of the worst test captains ever. Also check which captain got a joke in the name of a bowling 'attack'. When he did have good bowlers(Zak at his peak, a better Ishant, better Sreesanth Harbhajan) he did take us to no. 1. Who do you rate as the best captain ever? Waugh? Smith? Lloyd? Give any of them this bowling attack and the result won't be different.
King Tendulkar Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Also check which captain got a joke in the name of a bowling 'attack'. When he did have good bowlers(Zak at his peak' date=' a better Ishant, better Sreesanth Harbhajan) he did take us to no. 1. Who do you rate as the best captain ever? Waugh? Smith? Lloyd? Give any of them this bowling attack and the result won't be different.[/quote'] He picks that joke bowling attack He picks 78 mph bowlers when has 90mph bowlers waiting on side lines!! THICK and Corrupt
Sidhoni Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 He picks that joke bowling attack He picks 78 mph bowlers when has 90mph bowlers waiting on side lines!! THICK and Corrupt He did pick Yadav against Aus. We still lost 0-4. And for all criticism, Zak was our best bowler in the second innings while Ishant was in first. I don't mean to say the selections were right but they still proved to be better than most expected. Surprised no one is going after Shami.
Detonator Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Ok lets give him benefit of doubt that just being nice and a bit timid. Still idiotic view point. Shame he does not think about whats best for indian team though Dravid is just giving his own opinion as many others do. It's possible that he might find this site as a retarded beehive. :hehe:
Laaloo Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 lol dravid as was expected, dravid will soon become a BCCI chamcha as well
Raghav_12 Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 He did pick Yadav against Aus. We still lost 0-4. And for all criticism' date=' Zak was our best bowler in the second innings while Ishant was in first. I don't mean to say the selections were right but they still proved to be better than most expected. [b']Surprised no one is going after Shami. lol one of your pacer has played close to 90 test matches and other one 54 test matches. And you want to go after the one who hasn't even played 10 test matches.
CG Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 lol one of your pacer has played close to 90 test matches and other one 54 test matches. And you want to go after the one who hasn't even played 10 test matches. Did not shami take 4 wickets in first innings and last test also 4 wickets.The delusions that dhoni fans have is admirable.Dhoni cannot bat or keep,captain away and they want to target a young bowler. What i hate is this .They will go to any length even target young players to defend dhoni.these are more dhoni fans than fans of indian cricket.
Detonator Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 He did pick Yadav against Aus. We still lost 0-4. And for all criticism' date=' Zak was our best bowler in the second innings while Ishant was in first. I don't mean to say the selections were right but they still proved to be better than most expected. Surprised no one is going after Shami.[/quote'] dude, Shami's bowling is good in this series. A bit unlucky. Jaddu & Zak are average. I donno how to rate pissant's performance. We had bowled them under 200 twice (192 and 104). Baz's batting is the difference between both the sides imo.
Sidhoni Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 lol one of your pacer has played close to 90 test matches and other one 54 test matches. And you want to go after the one who hasn't even played 10 test matches. That's a valid point But I was just trying to say Shami is also a part of this bowling attack which on flat tracks is the worst. Did not shami take 4 wickets in first innings and last test also 4 wickets.The delusions that dhoni fans have is admirable.Dhoni cannot bat or keep,captain away and they want to target a young bowler. What i hate is this .They will go to any length even target young players to defend dhoni.these are more dhoni fans than fans of indian cricket. Now thats completely wrong. How can you directly accuse me like that? dude, Shami's bowling is good in this series. A bit unlucky. Jaddu & Zak are average. I donno how to rate pissant's performance. We had bowled them under 200 twice (192 and 104). Baz's batting is the difference between both the sides imo. Yes I know he has been unlucky and its good to see him running in after a long day's work and giving it all he has. All I was saying is Shami didn't look our best bowler in any inning barring 2nd innings at Auckland maybe.
CG Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 That's a valid point But I was just trying to say Shami is also a part of this bowling attack which on flat tracks is the worst. Now thats completely wrong. How can you directly accuse me like that? Yes I know he has been unlucky and its good to see him running in after a long day's work and giving it all he has. All I was saying is Shami didn't look our best bowler in any inning barring 2nd innings at Auckland maybe. sorry ,Shami was targeted by another dhoni fan too,I can say u are far better than him.But really honestly do u want him to still continue as test captain.
skindia Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Dhoni uses his subcontinent rules everywhere,enough reason
CG Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Dravid in 2012 regarding captaincy- Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have been stand-in captains in Tests and ODIs respectively in the absence of Dhoni, but their own concerns with injury and form in recent times, Dravid said, may have affected their long-term captaincy prospects. Virat Kohli was a good candidate for a successor in Dravid's eyes, provided he was able to extend the success he has had for another year. "In the next 12 months, if he has the kind of 12 months he has had and establishes himself in all three formats of the game, people are going to seriously have to look at him." http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/590920.html Kohli had an exceptional 1 year so according to dravid kohl should be captain now.
Marut Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Who will lead India now if Dhoni gets injured for six months? Make him the captain now itself. That there is no one ready for the job is no excuse.
hhunaeh Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-india-2014/content/current/story/720369.html Rahul Dravid has said that MS Dhoni's captaincy has been "defensive in critical situations". "I think he [Dhoni] doesn't trust his bowling attack as much as I think he should," "I saw that even in the Test match in Durban, where he didn't take the new ball till 146 overs. In fact he was forced to take the new ball. He didn't trust his fast bowlers to be able to take wickets. He kept playing with the older ball because he wanted to control the runs. So I think that is a slightly defensive mindset that he's got into. "I think he's got to realise this very quickly, that if he wants to win Test matches abroad, he's got to risk it all. He's got to take that chance that he's going to have to lose some Test matches. The only way you can win abroad is to take a few risks, take a few gambles." "I've always seen this year of Indian cricket as these four big overseas tours, which is South Africa, New Zealand, England and Australia, with the World Cup next year in Australia," "Let's presume that Dhoni is going to be India's one-day captain and take India into that World Cup. I think he's earned the right to do that. "In Test matches, I always saw these four Test [tours] as Dhoni's opportunity to redeem what has been a pretty poor overseas record for him as captain. He's achieved everything else. He's won one-day tournaments, he's won a World Cup, Champions Trophy, he's taken India to No. 1, he has a great record in India, [he] just hasn't had the results outside of India. And I think he deserves the right, the chance to play out this year, and assess it at the end of the Australian series. End of that series, we'll really know where Indian cricket stands and where Dhoni stands, both as a player and as a captain. "But so far, look, there have been a few disappointments in the way he's not been able to win, I guess, two Test matches in the last four, [having] been in really really strong positions, but look, you can't always blame him. It also comes down to the quality of bowling attack that he has, and yes, so I'd like him to have an opportunity to be able to correct that poor overseas record." Dravid agreed that Kohli had the credentials to captain the side, but said it might be better for him to take over after the tours of England and Australia. "I think that World Cup is going to be the watershed moment, and two big series in England and Australia, and after that I believe it will be time for [Dhoni], both personally and for Indian cricket, to assess whether it's time for a new man to take over," "Luckily, in some ways, we've got Virat Kohli, who's playing beautifully, so it's not that you don't have somebody waiting in the wings. "You've got a young player who has, by all accounts, led before. He's led India Under-19 before, he's led Delhi before, he's led North Zone, he's got leadership experience. It's just that he needs to, like Marty [Crowe] said, establish himself little more as a player and by the time, come World Cup, with two more tough series of England and Australia behind his back, and hopefully with runs behind his back, I thInk he'll be ready to take over."
Temujin Khaghan Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Dravid is trying to take revenge on Dhoni by making him lose another 9 tests abroad... :hysterical:
zep1706 Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Dravid is too soft a person to say anything otherwise.
zep1706 Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 +1 No matter how bad India are playing I can not imagine Dravid saying that the captain should be sacked. That's just not his character.
beetle Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Dravid is too soft a person to say anything otherwise. +100:((
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