Dhoni dropped as Pune captain in IPL, Steve Smith to replace him

[zakk]

19 minutes ago, sourab10forever said:

like RCB

kyu mazaak kar raha hai

 

[Malcolm Merlyn]

13 minutes ago, Sidhoni said:

* you Goenka.

 

Dhoni said at the toss of that warmup vs England that he will lead in IPL.

 

 

 

How the Star of Dhoni has fallen in last 12 months.

 

Everyone salutes the rising sun.

[Unleashed]

Excellent decision by RPS. Who knew that RPS management had more balls than the Indian selectors. 

 

Pretty sure some idiot will call me a Dhoni hater but he ridiculously underbowled Ashwin last season. 

[Cricketics]

4 minutes ago, Unleashed said:

Excellent decision by RPS. Who knew that RPS management had more balls than the Indian selectors. 

 

Pretty sure some idiot will call me a Dhoni hater but he ridiculously underbowled Ashwin last season. 

I read on Wisden India that Dhoni has "stepped down".

 

Not sure if management decided to take his captaincy away. 

 

Anyways, I feel he stepped down himself. He probably lost interest in captaincy just like he gave away Indian ODI captaincy too and wants to just play as a player. 

[Malcolm Merlyn]

1 minute ago, Cricketics said:

I read on Wisden India that Dhoni has "stepped down".

 

Not sure if management decided to take his captaincy away. 

 

Anyways, I feel he stepped down himself. He probably lost interest in captaincy just like he gave away Indian ODI captaincy too and wants to just play as a player. 

 

Goenka said  this was in the works since last season and they wanted a younger captain.

[Unleashed]

2 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

I read on Wisden India that Dhoni has "stepped down".

 

Not sure if management decided to take his captaincy away. 

 

Anyways, I feel he stepped down himself. He probably lost interest in captaincy just like he gave away Indian ODI captaincy too and wants to just play as a player. 

ANI quoting Sanjeev Goenka(the owner)  that they changed the captain. 

[Pollack]

14 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

I read on Wisden India that Dhoni has "stepped down".

 

Not sure if management decided to take his captaincy away. 

 

Anyways, I feel he stepped down himself. He probably lost interest in captaincy just like he gave away Indian ODI captaincy too and wants to just play as a player. 

Dhoni has much clout and fan following in journalistic circle as well .They are trying to be respectable towards dhoni. Same as Cricbuzz.

[Lannister]

lol... Srini mama was shielding Dhoni's backside, and now he's been kicked out Dhoni has got no where to run to. It's good thing fans have started to realize his true worth. 

[Mariyam]

3 hours ago, New guy said:

 

The owner genuinely thinks a younger captain will make a difference. Last.time pune was 7th. This is.the last year for his team and him as an owner. 

Dhonis heroics in the last over of the last game was the reason Pune finished 7th last season. They would have been last otherwise.

[CG]

Dhonis heroics in the last over of the last game was the reason Pune finished 7th last season. They would have been last otherwise.

What's the difference between last and 7 .There is no relegation or promotion.

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Good call for Dhoni as a player. Now he has all the time in the world to concentrate on his game which needs some work now. 

Having said that what a bizzare choice for captaincy. This guy ran away last year .....

Ashwin would have been given a chance, would have preferred faf but i dnt think so he is avl throughout the IPL

[Ironhide]

1 hour ago, Cricketics said:

I read on Wisden India that Dhoni has "stepped down".

 

Not sure if management decided to take his captaincy away. 

 

Anyways, I feel he stepped down himself. He probably lost interest in captaincy just like he gave away Indian ODI captaincy too and wants to just play as a player. 

 

Goenka statements make it clear that Dhoni was sacked as a captain, Dhoni said he wanted to captain the IPL side just a few days back, this means the management were planning to sack him since last year but did not inform him till now.

[asterix]

RPS took the decision a year late. The team will definitely do better than last year. It was an important decision before the auctions otherwise Dohni would've screwed up the RPS chances.

[Laaloo]

Yeah he doesn't deserve a place in any other t20 team either. He only plays well for CSK. He has always sucked for team India in t20s.

[philcric]

Wow! I don't think anybody was expecting this.

 

Somebody make sure Sidhoni doesn't harm himself.

[Laaloo]

15 minutes ago, asterix said:

RPS took the decision a year late. The team will definitely do better than last year. It was an important decision before the auctions otherwise Dohni would've screwed up the RPS chances.

Yup. Pretty much spot on.

[putrevus]

No offense to Dhoni but how much of the success of CSK has to be attributed to him and his captaincy.CSK teams were always loaded.

 

Unlike Kohli who is leading with performances by being the best player on the team . Dhoni never was best player on any of the teams he led and yet somehow managed to be captain for so long and that is a great achievement.

[New guy]

3 hours ago, Cricketics said:

I read on Wisden India that Dhoni has "stepped down".

 

Not sure if management decided to take his captaincy away. 

 

Anyways, I feel he stepped down himself. He probably lost interest in captaincy just like he gave away Indian ODI captaincy too and wants to just play as a player. 

All sources are quoting Goenka saying they wanted a younger captain

[PBN]

Don't worry. Even Tendulkar was dropped as captain.

 

I think since Dhoni has given up LOI captaincy, this was probably why he might have given up IPL captaincy as well.  I reckon it might be only for a year or so though.  Nevertheless, he's still the most decorated Indian and IPL captain.