Both English and Australian press are at Dhoni for the way he handled
Indian Cricket at the International level. The adverse results have
given sufficient indication that the captain seems to have lost the
track and doing whatever thing he like to do and appeared to be in
peril rather than becoming a saviour. Now Mike Brearley, the best
English captain that the country has every produced talked loud and
clear about the drawbacks in the leadership of Dhoni. This was
clearly evident from the way we lost series of test matches in
overseas condition for the last 4 years and the trend continued in the
recent English tour as well. Adding to Captaincy woes, Dhoni's
wicket-keeping is also not up to the International level. By simply
missing a runt out chance or a stumping or a sitter we play into the
hands of the opposition thereby lose the chance of getting an upper
hand in all the three formats of the game. To add to that his batting
against both pace and spin is susceptible and when he score runs in
overseas matches the innings is played in vain and not in a winning
cause. Thus we face series of defeats without semblance of fight and
that gives scope for others to speak about skipper. But we brush
aside such comments and get satisfied that the skipper is great
motivator, great finisher etc. In England he hit out hard and high
and finished matches within 3 days and there is a question mark that
whether Team India is good for playing five day test matches. In
spite of all this BCCI is trying to save his head and bend upon axing
the coach. Greg Chappell suffered because of the team's failure and
now it is the turn of Duncan Fletcher. A captain has to imbibe many
qualities to become a great leader. He has to have the nerve of a
gambler, the patience of a saint and the mind of a psychiatrist. Just
by keeping your collar up you cannot become a great captain. Dhoni is
just a beginner and learn the art of captaincy before issuing
statements.
Indian Cricket at the International level. The adverse results have
given sufficient indication that the captain seems to have lost the
track and doing whatever thing he like to do and appeared to be in
peril rather than becoming a saviour. Now Mike Brearley, the best
English captain that the country has every produced talked loud and
clear about the drawbacks in the leadership of Dhoni. This was
clearly evident from the way we lost series of test matches in
overseas condition for the last 4 years and the trend continued in the
recent English tour as well. Adding to Captaincy woes, Dhoni's
wicket-keeping is also not up to the International level. By simply
missing a runt out chance or a stumping or a sitter we play into the
hands of the opposition thereby lose the chance of getting an upper
hand in all the three formats of the game. To add to that his batting
against both pace and spin is susceptible and when he score runs in
overseas matches the innings is played in vain and not in a winning
cause. Thus we face series of defeats without semblance of fight and
that gives scope for others to speak about skipper. But we brush
aside such comments and get satisfied that the skipper is great
motivator, great finisher etc. In England he hit out hard and high
and finished matches within 3 days and there is a question mark that
whether Team India is good for playing five day test matches. In
spite of all this BCCI is trying to save his head and bend upon axing
the coach. Greg Chappell suffered because of the team's failure and
now it is the turn of Duncan Fletcher. A captain has to imbibe many
qualities to become a great leader. He has to have the nerve of a
gambler, the patience of a saint and the mind of a psychiatrist. Just
by keeping your collar up you cannot become a great captain. Dhoni is
just a beginner and learn the art of captaincy before issuing
statements.
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