Dhoni Crossed No Lines As BCCI Had Extended Fletcher Contract

[oneANDone]

It is amazing how nameless senior officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India have come out of the woodwork to point out that India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has crossed the line by saying that Duncan Fletcher would remain coach of the Indian cricket team till the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. In BCCI's none-too-transparent and closed world, it is hard to figure out the tenure of the coach but reports in March this year ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 suggested that Fletcher had been reassured by the BCCI president in abeyance N Srinivasan that he would remain in charge till the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand. So what crime did Dhoni commit by stating what he perceives as fact? What line did he cross? Is it not imperative that the board shows greater concern in the arresting the decline of India's Test fortunes overseas and addresses a number of issues that can help Indian cricket get back on the rails rather than spend time discussing Dhoni's alleged transgressions? BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel has been quoted as saying that it seemed to him that it was Dhoni's personal opinon. Surely, he was privy to the decision to extend Fletcher's contract till the World Cup. "There has been no discussion on his removal. We told him that we have a lot of faith in his coaching abilities and he should not be worried about," Patel had said in March. It is another matter that some of recent actions around the Indian team have been contrary to Dhoni's assertions. For instance, his stout defence of Rohit Sharma's stroke selection in the third Test against England Southampton was followed up by not playing him in either of the remaining Tests. The captain's argument in favour of Ravindra Jadeja - "The problem is who do you have to replace Jadeja?" he asked after the thrashing at Old Trafford - was followed up by axing the Saurashtra left-hander from the XI for the Oval Test match in favour of Stuart Binny. Given Dhoni's recent track record, it makes us wonder if sands of time are running out on the coach. Make no mistake, Dhoni's captaincy in Test matches has left a lot to be desired and India must quickly appoint a new leader so that a fresh thought-process can be infused. He must, however, remain captain of the limited-over side since he has few peers when it comes to leading the team in the shorter formats. To revert to the nameless Board officials, they must be kidding themselves if they think all stakeholders of the game will believe that Ravi Shastri will be in a position to give the mandarins in the Board feedback on Fletcher's inputs after watching him over a couple of weeks in which the team is slated to play five ODIs and Twenty20 game against England. And, how would Shastri be in a position to offer a fair review of bowling coach Joe Dawes and fielding coach Trevor Penney's work? They are not even around since BCCI, in a knee-jerk reaction to the Test defeats, has given Fletcher a new set of assistant coaches for India's limited-over squad in England. With Srinivasan having no direct say on the running of BCCI, it appears as if a new group - we must refrain from using the more political word 'coterie' - is straining its every sinew to become the new power centre within the board. The surfacing of a few nameless officials in the recent weeks is a reflection of the bloodless succession plan in the BCCI.

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[moniker]

Sacking the bowling and fielding coaches was a knee jerk reaction. Wow.

[CSK Fan]

Err, in which country in the world does a captain come out and speak about the coach like that? I am surprised the OP sees no problem with this There is a reason the senior members were miffed, namely because this is not the job of the captain, no matter what the board decides to do I can hardly understand what the OP wants, a system where everything from selection of players, coach, every single thing lies with the captain and everyone else has no right to be upset if captain treads on their territory Can't you see all the problems an all powerful captain brings? There is no wonder he feels he can do what he wants and play with the careers of certain player. This can never be good for cricket in India in the long run

[King Tendulkar]

Shows the arrogance and total power the skipper has and how he knows his IPL team is in full control. That a skipper can actually come out and talk like this, that coaches job is safe like he is the boss. Another skipper would be scared to his pants that he was going to be sacked after the ass rapes. But the skipper of csk just comes out cocky as anything talking about the coaches job. The whole thing is sickening!

[SLICKR392]

Lol! All that BCCI not happy with Dhoni's statement BS was all fake.

[rkt.india]

Lol! All that BCCI not happy with Dhoni's statement BS was all fake.

BCCI is not one person. It has its groups. A particular group was not happy.

[Mariyam]

Err, in which country in the world does a captain come out and speak about the coach like that? I am surprised the OP sees no problem with this There is a reason the senior members were miffed, namely because this is not the job of the captain, no matter what the board decides to do I can hardly understand what the OP wants, a system where everything from selection of players, coach, every single thing lies with the captain and everyone else has no right to be upset if captain treads on their territory Can't you see all the problems an all powerful captain brings? There is no wonder he feels he can do what he wants and play with the careers of certain player. This can never be good for cricket in India in the long run

Frankly, I don't get your point. Dhoni saw some wrong being perpetuated, and took up the issue. That is what responsible individuals do. As an analogy, Fletcher is like Caesar here. You need a Brutus, to get the rule of law re-instated.

[King Tendulkar]

Frankly, I don't get your point. Dhoni saw some wrong being perpetuated, and took up the issue. That is what responsible individuals do. As an analogy, Fletcher is like Caesar here. You need a Brutus, to get the rule of law re-instated.

He did not take up a wrong He stated arrogantly and confidently that Fletcher will be going no way, like he is boss and decides such matters. And actually he does decide with his fat cement man. Are many people being deliberately stupid here? Is it that easy to fool people and pull wool over their eys? When it comes to indian fans it seems so

[Tapioca]

With Srinivasan having no direct say on the running of BCCI, it appears as if a new group - we must refrain from using the more political word 'coterie' - is straining its every sinew to become the new power centre within the board. It is really unfortunate that Srini has been rendered powerless and left a mere spectator while the BCCI is controlled and run by other people. The surfacing of a few nameless officials in the recent weeks is a reflection of the bloodless succession plan in the BCCI. This is another unfortunate development. Nameless sources are something unheard of in the history of the BCCI. Something really new must be happening

[CSK Fan]

With Srinivasan having no direct say on the running of BCCI' date= it appears as if a new group - we must refrain from using the more political word 'coterie' - is straining its every sinew to become the new power centre within the board. It is really unfortunate that Srini has been rendered powerless and left a mere spectator while the BCCI is controlled and run by other people. The surfacing of a few nameless officials in the recent weeks is a reflection of the bloodless succession plan in the BCCI. This is another unfortunate development. Nameless sources are something unheard of in the history of the BCCI. Something really new must be happening

If this was true, we would have seen changes already and Dhoni would have been gone from tests. Nothing has changed

[Laaloo]

Shows the arrogance and total power the skipper has and how he knows his IPL team is in full control. That a skipper can actually come out and talk like this, that coaches job is safe like he is the boss. Another skipper would be scared to his pants that he was going to be sacked after the ass rapes. But the skipper of csk just comes out cocky as anything talking about the coaches job. The whole thing is sickening!

The only way to move forward is for other teams to keep beating the crap out of :csk:. The look on tonys face and his post match interviews and the passion he shows in losses is epic. Hopefully other teams keep beating the chuskis and srini mama gives the fair play award as a consolation prize for Dhoni and co