Congratulations MS Dhoni on being conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award!!Though I am little against giving him Khel Ratna award, which IMHO is too soon and for too little achievement, I still love this shrewd guy and his street smartness. He appears to be a very good leader and he is able to get what he wanted from his team. He is able to get his teammates respect without much of a fuss something that past captains did not get all the time.
- Tendulkar is probably the worst captain India had produced in the last decade or so. He always looked tensed as a captain and it showed up on the team performance under his captaincy.
- Dravid was too timid and too conventional. Even though India had the most number of consecutive successful run chases under his captaincy, he still falls short when it comes to thinking out of the box.
- Ganguly is probably a better captain (compared to Tendulkar and Dravid) but his team's failure in the "FINALS" outweigh the overall success he had as a captain. He was also responsible for nurturing some abrasive characters during his tenure.
- Dravid was too timid and too conventional. Even though India had the most number of consecutive successful run chases under his captaincy, he still falls short when it comes to thinking out of the box.
- Ganguly is probably a better captain (compared to Tendulkar and Dravid) but his team's failure in the "FINALS" outweigh the overall success he had as a captain. He was also responsible for nurturing some abrasive characters during his tenure.
In the short span, Dhoni is able to get the players he wanted and he always seem to know the right team combination for a game. Getting Raina (and even Badrinath) and using Praveen Kumar as a front line bowler and sticking with Harbhajan are a few examples. Getting rid of Yusuf Pathan, Sreesanth (although I believe BCCI politics has a BIG role to play in his exclusion and that of Robin Uthappa) from ODI side are other good examples. Even in IPL, he was able to take his team to finals in spite of having limited bowling resources.
I recently wrote on FAB four's shelf life and I stick to it. Even though Dhoni's success has come only in the shorter version of the game and that too not so consistently, he has shown good early signs and positive indications to be a very successful leader.
I recently wrote on FAB four's shelf life and I stick to it. Even though Dhoni's success has come only in the shorter version of the game and that too not so consistently, he has shown good early signs and positive indications to be a very successful leader.
2 comments:
dhoni has lost 3 finals as captain
in IPL with RR Team...
in Bangladesh against Pakistan...
in Pakisthan against Srilanka...
it is 2 early to write any thing good about him...
1. Alright, IPL final was anybody's game and couple of dropped chances tilted the verdict in favor of RR.
2. Loss against PAK in final - This is probably the worst final he had lost so far in his short career.
3. Loss in Asia cup final - Too bad the entire team run in to Mendis. But keep in mind FAB four could still NOT decode Mendis after all the years of experience in THREE FULL TESTS. Dhoni's young brigade was not only able to negate him but also score the first ever series win in Srilanka.
T20 world cup, CB series win against red hot Australia with a bunch of rookies and first ever series win against Srilanka , all in the span of two years... come on give this guy some credit.
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