Not so long ago a man from Jharkhand scored 148* against visitors in Vizag and few months later scored 183 against Emerald Isle. Since then he scored more gems at # 3 in ODIs. He was hailed as next big man of Indian cricket. He could do no wrong. And he did nothing. He was later unexpectedly appointed captain of T20 team for an event which found no takers in BCCI. Unfortunately, India won it. Time turned such that few days later he was ODI captain too. He lost his 1st series as captain to Aus, but later avenged it by winning CB series down under.
And he kept winning and winning. Consistently. Many taboos were broken. First time wins in many impossible destinations viz SL, Aus and NZ. He was then appointed Test skipper too. He won 5 games out of 7. Against Australia, England, New Zealand. Minnows ? Nah.
During this time he kept shuffling himself as a floater in the batting order. Aim not to prove his batting talent, but to win the games for country. And he did. He was endorsed by the greats of Indian cricket. He is no great technician. He has no flair, he has some of awkward shots, but they fetch runs. They fetch victories, so how does it matter if he is at # 3 or #6. Some say he is no good for # 3. He should bat lower the order. There is a basic rule which suggests that the aggressive batsmen should get more overs to play so that they could score more runs in less balls and thus help the "team".
The guy in focus is MS Dhoni. A loss in inconsequential warm up game to T20 world cup ended the honeymoon for MS. A man who before IPl could do nothing wrong, now stands in a witness box to answer the critics why he promoted himself to # 3. Man to man basis, he is a better batsman than the regular # 3 in T20s -- Raina boy. So what if he had been failure yesterday? All this talk wouldnt have arose if he had scored runs and hadnt got out to the awkward stumping (read it somewhere) to Vettori boy and McCullum uncle.
Its a fashion in Indian cricket following, we have to have somebody to criticise and hang to the sword. In ODIs till this day it were Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag and Dravid, Ganguly in past. Kumble, Fab Four in Tests adding Kumble. So in T20s it has to be the captain.
I would like to ask the critics of MS esp those from CSK land who have been needlessly critical of this man for ignoring sons of soil and prefering Gonys and Patels, to excersise restraint. If he wins another title for India, then its going to be egg on the face.
And he kept winning and winning. Consistently. Many taboos were broken. First time wins in many impossible destinations viz SL, Aus and NZ. He was then appointed Test skipper too. He won 5 games out of 7. Against Australia, England, New Zealand. Minnows ? Nah.
During this time he kept shuffling himself as a floater in the batting order. Aim not to prove his batting talent, but to win the games for country. And he did. He was endorsed by the greats of Indian cricket. He is no great technician. He has no flair, he has some of awkward shots, but they fetch runs. They fetch victories, so how does it matter if he is at # 3 or #6. Some say he is no good for # 3. He should bat lower the order. There is a basic rule which suggests that the aggressive batsmen should get more overs to play so that they could score more runs in less balls and thus help the "team".
The guy in focus is MS Dhoni. A loss in inconsequential warm up game to T20 world cup ended the honeymoon for MS. A man who before IPl could do nothing wrong, now stands in a witness box to answer the critics why he promoted himself to # 3. Man to man basis, he is a better batsman than the regular # 3 in T20s -- Raina boy. So what if he had been failure yesterday? All this talk wouldnt have arose if he had scored runs and hadnt got out to the awkward stumping (read it somewhere) to Vettori boy and McCullum uncle.
Its a fashion in Indian cricket following, we have to have somebody to criticise and hang to the sword. In ODIs till this day it were Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag and Dravid, Ganguly in past. Kumble, Fab Four in Tests adding Kumble. So in T20s it has to be the captain.
I would like to ask the critics of MS esp those from CSK land who have been needlessly critical of this man for ignoring sons of soil and prefering Gonys and Patels, to excersise restraint. If he wins another title for India, then its going to be egg on the face.
