MS Dhoni should have captained one more ODI match

[velu]

Just for the sake of record obsessed fans and mumbai lobby ..

 

 

 

[Ultimate_Game]

No point. Either he should've captained till 2019 WC or if he couldn't he should've handed over the reins to Kohli ASAP.

[Ankit_sharma03]

The country is obsessed with personal records and achievment over teams win. No wonder we have never been a consistent world champion or even a good side like SA. Be it legends or our fan boys

Thats y i have most respect for Dhoni as he was never much into numbers.

[maniac]

8 minutes ago, velu said:

Just for the sake of record obsessed fans and mumbai lobby ..

 

 

 

He wanted to to...but was thrown out  

[BeautifulGame]

@velu

But he isn't obsessed with numbers like Mumbai lobby

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[fineleg]

I respect that he stepped down (whether he was asked to, or did it on his own). And did it without a controversy.

Also - he could have easily announced retiring from the game (if he was asked to step down), there is no need for him to put himself out there as a player under Kohli and he knows at some point, captain can exclude him from playing 11 if he goes out of form. The fact that he decided to play as a keeper/bat under Kohli - rather than easily announcing retirement - RESPECT TO THAT.

 

It is quite possible he can announce retirement as a player - soon. That's to be seen when he decides to do that. I hope he continues longer as a keeper/bat if he can play freely and score quick runs.

Edited January 11, 2017 by fineleg

[Laaloo]

29 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

The country is obsessed with personal records and achievment over teams win. No wonder we have never been a consistent world champion or even a good side like SA. Be it legends or our fan boys

Thats y i have most respect for Dhoni as he was never much into numbers.

What has SA achieved in LOIs?

Edited January 11, 2017 by laaloo

[New guy]

37 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

The country is obsessed with personal records and achievment over teams win. No wonder we have never been a consistent world champion or even a good side like SA. Be it legends or our fan boys

Thats y i have most respect for Dhoni as he was never much into numbers.

Er, what numbers could he have even reached closed to? He was definitely obsessed with taking match to last over and playing the hero and sometimes costing the team in the process

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, New guy said:

Er, what numbers could he have even reached closed to? He was definitely obsessed with taking match to last over and playing the hero and sometimes costing the team in the process

Thats a way.......not obsession with result. Everyone has a diff style of making runs. 

11 minutes ago, laaloo said:

What has SA achieved in LOIs?

Is South africa a bad team?????? They may not win big tournaments but they do win others, dnt tell me others dont matter. 

South africa have been a consistently good team over the years.

[BeautifulGame]

2 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Is South africa a bad team?????? They may not win big tournaments but they do win others, dnt tell me others dont matter. 

South africa have been a consistently good team over the years.

It doesnt really matter.Its no use winning other matches and bottling out when it matters.Funnily unless one is obsessed with stats no one remembers them few days later.

 

Aussies should be template not South Africa

[velu]

49 minutes ago, maniac said:

He wanted to to...but was thrown out  

he is not vvs laxman

 

[velu]

13 minutes ago, New guy said:

Er, what numbers could he have even reached closed to? He was definitely obsessed with taking match to last over and playing the hero and sometimes costing the team in the process

yep MTC.. you really know what i will say here , you just image those words

 

[maniac]

50 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

The country is obsessed with personal records and achievment over teams win. No wonder we have never been a consistent world champion or even a good side like SA. Be it legends or our fan boys

Thats y i have most respect for Dhoni as he was never much into numbers.

That might be true but I would take someone who is obsessed with numbers and strives to achieve that excellence over someone who is casual and doesn't care about anything....not pointing out Dhoni here

 

Afridi never cared about numbers too...Is he a great?

 

Also Dhoni didn't care for "numbers" but he did care for special characters like "*"

[Laaloo]

13 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Thats a way.......not obsession with result. Everyone has a diff style of making runs. 

Is South africa a bad team?????? They may not win big tournaments but they do win others, dnt tell me others dont matter. 

South africa have been a consistently good team over the years.

They have won zilch. I mean yeah they have won most bilateral series but please only Australia have achieved in LOIs more than personal records and achievement obsessed Indians.

[maniac]

For eg; let us say a captain has a 90% win record....if he pulls back in a 50-50% scenario and goes for a draw instead of a win-yes that is wrong

 

Now let us say a captain in such a scenario buckles down,puts false bravado aside and goes for a draw keeping his 90% record in mind-that is not bad either-Draw=Not losing.

 

Now a captain doesn't care for either and just lets things drift...how is he better than the first 2 cases?

 

This theory of obsesses with numbers=selfish,doesn't care about numbers=team player is very subjective.

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, maniac said:

That might be true but I would take someone who is obsessed with numbers and strives to achieve that excellence over someone who is casual and doesn't care about anything....not pointing out Dhoni here

 

Afridi never cared about numbers too...Is he a great?

 

Also Dhoni didn't care for "numbers" but he did care for special characters like "*"

I mentioned above i like people who care for team more than personal number

Afridi example is wrong when it comes to team, he only cared for his image which has set a wrong xample for coming generation.  

[Cricketics]

13 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Thats a way.......not obsession with result. Everyone has a diff style of making runs. 

Is South africa a bad team?????? They may not win big tournaments but they do win others, dnt tell me others dont matter. 

South africa have been a consistently good team over the years.

Sout Africa is a good test team who win big moments in test but not in ODI's. They haven't won inportant moments in ODI's. We can actually teach them those things in LOI and we can learn the same from them in Test.