From the pages of history - Ian Chappell: Dhoni's among the great modern captains

[velu]

damn it .. you MTC atleast give one or two days b4 changing the title :giggle:

[undisputed chap]

damn it .. you MTC atleast give one or two days b4 changing the title :giggle:

I thought this was a recent article :cantstop: Looks like velu is buthurt about his hero dhoni getting a pasting in a poll is posting old articles about him. :haha:

[Texan]

Don't know why fanboys always want to seek solace in old articles. Yes, in 2011 when India won the World Cup, Dhoni was at the top of world cricket and he was arguably a good captain. But fast-forward to 2014 and what we have is an extremely inflexible (no matter what happens same 11 play all Test matches), unimaginative (same field placements, same tactics) and lackluster (just goes through the motions when a partnership is developing) captain hanging on to his seat. He is always offering excuses and blaming match conditions for the results rather than truly introspecting on what went wrong. His biggest problem though is his inflexible attitude. When he is given an 16-18 member team, why does he find it only necessary to play the same 11 players even when they are faring miserably? Also, all captains tend to have some favorite players. But, there is a limit till which you give your favorite players a chance, failing which you drop them. Surely, 50+ Tests for Ishant Sharma at a bowling average of 38 is too much "rope".