I think Dhoni should retire

[FischerTal]

@FischerTal

If you are fit and performing there is no reason for you to retire. Why should he? He averages 58 in last 3 years with SR of 91 with over 2200 runs. Now tell me why should he retire when we had players like Misbah playing till 40 before calling it a day. Dhoni for sure will retire in 2 years. As a great of the game we should at least give him that much respect. Your personal like and dislikes means nothing in the larger scheme of things.

By those stats, you would think India won most of the Odis matches in that period, but the reality is something else. In fact I remember many dhoni fans criticizing sachin for scoring personal runs and not contributing to team wins.  When the same argument is made against dhoni, we are just dhoni haters

Edited October 14, 2015 by FischerTal

[swatpulla]

Dhoni is still a world class ODI player. The problem was his transformation from a destructive batsman to a more calmer one. With his batting style, his batting order too should have changed, but sadly, it did not happen.

[Laaloo]

Because "fans" don't deserve him. One failure while chasing even when he wasn't fit and other batsmen around him except Rohit crumbled, he took us one hit away but unfortunately could not finish it. That's all it took for "fans" to demand his retirement. So why should the same "fans" today celebrate this victory when if not for Dhoni, we would have lost having 25 overs to spare?

 

People questioned whether he can bat anymore. Suggestions were to bring in A team players to replace him : He produced one of the best ODI knocks of recent times.

 

People questioned Axar's selection over Mishra calling Axar another one of Dhoni's special friend, crony etc etc. Axar's bowling figures : 10-0-39-3. People questioned Mohit Sharma's selection : he took AB De Villiers' wicket.

The fans deserve someone better. Quit with the melodrama.

[FischerTal]

By stats even dhoni played very well. But we all know the story. He would tuk tuk his way when we needed boundaries, stay not out till the end and then hit boundaries after the match is over. Same way Jadeja feasted and took wickets after damage was already done and hit hitting prowess was nothing to write home about. Can only remember one match winning knock otherwise he would always choke.

the amazing thing is most of these people would pounce on sachin and start talking about him as a selfish player when dhoni played like that for the most part in overseas tours. 

[Sidhoni]

The fans deserve someone better. Quit with the melodrama.

Go ahead. Name someone better. :-)

[Laaloo]

Go ahead. Name someone better. :-)

 

A better captain in Kohli for starters. A better batsman not yet but gotta give chances to the likes of Samson. Not saying Dhoni should be kicked out of the team but should be rid of his captaincy.

Edited October 14, 2015 by laaloo

[Sidhoni]

A better captain in Kohli for starters

I agree. The man who popularized his team mate's mother and sister in front of the world because of a runout.

[kruiser]

I agree. The man who popularized his team mate's mother and sister in front of the world because of a runout.

Exactly, he will now think twice before running his mate out.

[FischerTal]

A better captain in Kohli for starters. A better batsman not yet but gotta give chances to the likes of Samson. Not saying Dhoni should be kicked out of the team but should be rid of his captaincy.

blasphemy 

 

the funny thing is Indian bowling performed well today so all the "dhoniconda" fans would be out on full display. If the same bowlers failed , the argument would be that our bowlers have always been Shyte so what can dhoni do about it? 

[kruiser]

blasphemy 

 

the funny thing is Indian bowling performed well today so all the "dhoniconda" fans would be out on full display. If the same bowlers failed , the argument would be that our bowlers have always been Shyte so what can dhoni do about it? 

And no one scored a 92 today, right? That was critical in bringing up the any chance of a fight..

[Ironhide]

Dhoni saved his spot in the team by scoring 92 today but the end is near and he knows it, Dhoni will retire after making sure we lose 2016 T20 world cup, terrible T20I player.

Edited October 14, 2015 by Ironhide

[adi B]

Dhoni chamchas out again after hiding 2-3 days after the kanpur defeat.where were you all hypocrites when he couldn't put bat to ball in the kanpur match when india desperately needed him to score!! 

Anyways I don't give a damn to his mindless,crazy supporters or the haters ,all I care is if he does his job and leads the team well in his most favorite format.

Dhoni bounced back really well after the defeat in the last match and showed passion tonight ,that was good to see.he's a vital middle order batsman for us nowadays,none can replace him as a wkt keeper or as a batsman .he's doing a fine job as a consolidator but the problem is his hitting abilities have regressed a lot and so has his captaincy,he has far exceeded his sell out date as a captain

[sensible-indian]

Dhoni chamchas out again after hiding 2-3 days after the kanpur defeat.where were you all hypocrites when he couldn't put bat to ball in the kanpur match when india desperately needed him to score!! 

Anyways I don't give a damn to his mindless,crazy supporters or the haters ,all I care is if he does his job and leads the team well in his most favorite format.

Dhoni bounced back really well after the defeat in the last match and showed passion tonight ,that was good to see.he's a vital middle order batsman for us nowadays,none can replace him as a wkt keeper or as a batsman .he's doing a fine job as a consolidator but the problem is his hitting abilities have regressed a lot and so has his captaincy,he has far exceeded his sell out date as a captain

Modern day ODI doesn't need accumulators.

So Dhoni's weakness will be put to test again and again very soon.

Dhoni is still India's best if we have to score on a tough pitch.

But quick runs, he will flop more than he will succeed.

[Sidhoni]

Dhoni chamchas out again after hiding 2-3 days after the kanpur defeat.where were you all hypocrites when he couldn't put bat to ball in the kanpur match when india desperately needed him to score!! 

Anyways I don't give a damn to his mindless,crazy supporters or the haters ,all I care is if he does his job and leads the team well in his most favorite format.

Dhoni bounced back really well after the defeat in the last match and showed passion tonight ,that was good to see.he's a vital middle order batsman for us nowadays,none can replace him as a wkt keeper or as a batsman .he's doing a fine job as a consolidator but the problem is his hitting abilities have regressed a lot and so has his captaincy,he has far exceeded his sell out date as a captain

I just didn't hide for the said days. In fact I am here today for this duration after few months. Yes he couldn't finish the Kanpur game, but the blame doesn't go solely to him. You say he couldn't score 11 off 6 but forget he kinda brought us there from 31 off 18 batting with the tail. Kohli and Raina were definitely bigger culprits. And if you noticed he wasn't fully fit towards the end.

You call us mindless, crazy supporters, well some of the haters around here are also of the same category. I mean wanting him to retire after that last game? LOL.

[MCcricket]

For India to get better n rather then LEARN n process he should go, he has lost his mojo with the bat, n also captaincy ,was India's worst ever test captain who did serious damage to being a guy who did not care about winning .Yes an Odi champ as a keeper bat but these are flickers from a dying flame, his legacy is never building a team or grooming players, he just was lucky to arrive at the right time with Tendulkar n company n Zak at his prime.

He is so obnoxious with his field placing, criticizing bowlers n only one way to play, bits n pieces players, trundlers, cut the runs, only worked on slow tracks, his record abroad is awful, he would have been chucked off as captain in most countries in tests within a year,Virat atleast wants to win, let Rohit be Odi capt n we have options the present selectors are as bad if not worse the Srikanth n co.

Harbhajan ,Unadkunt, and so many worse selections, no method no planning  n same with Dhoni.

[Detonator]

UGood old ICF debates after long time

Edited October 14, 2015 by Detonator

[adi B]

I just didn't hide for the said days. In fact I am here today for this duration after few months. Yes he couldn't finish the Kanpur game, but the blame doesn't go solely to him. You say he couldn't score 11 off 6 but forget he kinda brought us there from 31 off 18 batting with the tail. Kohli and Raina were definitely bigger culprits. And if you noticed he wasn't fully fit towards the end.

 

You call us mindless, crazy supporters, well some of the haters around here are also of the same category. I mean wanting him to retire after that last game? LOL.

not talking about you or icfers specifically but you could see even on the twitter the fans came out of their dens and tweeting how great msd played ,how great he isetc  but nobody tweeted or acknowledged that it was largely Dhoni's fault that we lost the last odi .the credit for this odi win goes to Dhoni no doubt but the blame for the last defeat falls on him as well.

Dhoni is not above criticism and he'll be criticized when needed but the bhakts somehow believe that Dhoni is above criticism and the great messiah of indian cricket which is not on!!

[Laaloo]

+66 reps to -14? hahahah

 

afridi90 brought his donkeys here

[Sidhoni]

not talking about you or icfers specifically but you could see even on the twitter the fans came out of their dens and tweeting how great msd played ,how great he isetc  but nobody tweeted or acknowledged that it was largely Dhoni's fault that we lost the last odi .the credit for this odi win goes to Dhoni no doubt but the blame for the last defeat falls on him as well.

Dhoni is not above criticism and he'll be criticized when needed but the bhakts somehow believe that Dhoni is above criticism and the great messiah of indian cricket which is not on!!

Of course he is not above criticism. But criticism is one thing and pure hatred is another. Criticism would be to blame him for the Kanpur defeat, hatred is to demand his retirement.

[cricketpitch]

He should retire for sure. I agree, I am sure we have bradman's waiting in the wings and will start firing 100's from the first game. I hope Dhoni announces retirement tomorrow from ODI's, oh wait, then he will be called a quitter? Well he cannot win either ways.