Australian former cricketers gunning for their team to win Border Gavaskar Trophy. Legendary WK Gilchrist draws a comparison to the 2004 BGT series and thinks current Aussie can repeat the same but surprisingly he's banking on fast bowlers, not spin.
Then we have some delusional ones like Ian Healy, making dumb statements like "Spin decks are unreasonable " lol.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni was miles ahead of anyone in the current Indian team. He was the perfect captain. He can't be compared with KL Rahul. I haven't noticed much difference between KL Rahul and others such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. Only improvement is that unlike Kohli-Rohit-Hardik, Rahul seems to be unbiased and never allows players in the XI for reasons other than merit. Kohli-Rohit-Hardik on the other hand have brought back nepotism and bias in selection, which was quite subdued after the Mohammad Azharuddin era.
BCCI has made right choice by dropping Kohli and Rohit in coming T20 series againest New Zealand. KL Rahul has still a long way to go. I think he has only given captaincy in Test format so far. Pandaya is doing good in T20I and his captaincy is very much safe. India will have to try captains in Test and ODI format and it will take sometime before they get a good one. This is dilemma of every nation, as more focus is on T20.I think Hardik Pandya was supposed to be the T20 captain for India. Because in this IPL Hardik Pandya showed good performance and good captaincy. His performance did not drop while being a captain. So, I think he is someone who deserved the captaincy a lot more compared to KL Rahul. But I don't know why India is so confident about KL Rahul! They are almost trying to push KL Rahul and forcing him to do better. But I don't know if that is going to work or not. Because we have already seen a lot of drama happening regarding the captaincy of the Indian cricket team.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was miles ahead of anyone in the current Indian team. He was the perfect captain. He can't be compared with KL Rahul. I haven't noticed much difference between KL Rahul and others such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. Only improvement is that unlike Kohli-Rohit-Hardik, Rahul seems to be unbiased and never allows players in the XI for reasons other than merit. Kohli-Rohit-Hardik on the other hand have brought back nepotism and bias in selection, which was quite subdued after the Mohammad Azharuddin era.
Having players on merit and doing things just for the quality and better performance of the team is big task specially while we are in subcontinent where mostly peoples love to enjoy personal links and likes and dislikes which is the biggest states co for the many we also have very long history of things like this when few players encourage nepotism and never think about other better players and quality of the player with performance of the team as well in Mahendra Singh Dhoni era India have few good things which helps them for having better results around the world but now surely again they are facing few troubles which are not good signal for the future of this game. KL Rahul is surely unbiased, but sadly he has no good qualities for leading the team from the front like we have few which are drooping captaincy for the better future of their batting like Joe Root.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was miles ahead of anyone in the current Indian team. He was the perfect captain. He can't be compared with KL Rahul. I haven't noticed much difference between KL Rahul and others such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. Only improvement is that unlike Kohli-Rohit-Hardik, Rahul seems to be unbiased and never allows players in the XI for reasons other than merit. Kohli-Rohit-Hardik on the other hand have brought back nepotism and bias in selection, which was quite subdued after the Mohammad Azharuddin era.
BCCI has made right choice by dropping Kohli and Rohit in coming T20 series againest New Zealand. KL Rahul has still a long way to go. I think he has only given captaincy in Test format so far. Pandaya is doing good in T20I and his captaincy is very much safe. India will have to try captains in Test and ODI format and it will take sometime before they get a good one. This is dilemma of every nation, as more focus is on T20.
It's hard to find a cool-headed smart captain like Dhani. He was a great captain. India won many matches only because of Dhoni's captaincy. KL Rahul feels like my Dhoni at times. He can take decisions with a cool head. But he is experienced and not lucky like Dhoni. But I would say if Rahul is in form, then India should rely on his captaincy. Because Rahul's captaincy is much better than Rohit's or Virat's.
KL Rahul is an amazing batsman(Especially in the IPL), but he is not a great captain. Very few players turn out to be great leaders like Dhoni, Pointing, Graeme Smith etc in cricket based on what I observed.I feel that Pandya is a better captain when compared to Virat, Rohit and Rahul, but he needs to be more unbiased towards certain players.
It's hard to find a cool-headed smart captain like Dhani. He was a great captain. India won many matches only because of Dhoni's captaincy. KL Rahul feels like my Dhoni at times. He can take decisions with a cool head. But he is experienced and not lucky like Dhoni. But I would say if Rahul is in form, then India should rely on his captaincy. Because Rahul's captaincy is much better than Rohit's or Virat's.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was miles ahead of anyone in the current Indian team. He was the perfect captain. He can't be compared with KL Rahul. I haven't noticed much difference between KL Rahul and others such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. Only improvement is that unlike Kohli-Rohit-Hardik, Rahul seems to be unbiased and never allows players in the XI for reasons other than merit. Kohli-Rohit-Hardik on the other hand have brought back nepotism and bias in selection, which was quite subdued after the Mohammad Azharuddin era.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not only doing well in captaincy also received the man of the match award for many times. He was not behind in international cricket and other domestic leagues. His leadership in any adverse situation of the team was excellent. His presence in the team meant that there was a kind of courage working in every player. He also captained the Chennai Super Kings for a long time in the Indian Premier League and was successful. Need another player like him to lead the Indian national team.
To find a person same as MSD is truly a hard task, but we'll get someone in the long run. For now it is KL Rahul to lead the match and he takes responsibility and plays well. At times his performance looks to be on personal contribution and doesn't look like he's playing for the team. Just think of Sachin Tendulkar, none believed that the records from him to be beaten. Soon those records will be beaten by Kohli, so players keep on emerging better than the other. For now we can't expect someone to lead the team same as MSD.I am not saying that they will have to find someone like MS Dhoni. I am saying that there are better and more deserving players who can be the captain of India instead of KL Rahul. He is not going to be good as a captain. The Indian team will face a lot of problems while playing under his captaincy. But one thing is I know the individual performance of KL Rahul has not been up to the mark. But if he is a good captain and taking the right decisions, I have no problem. But he has to remember as a captain. He will have to lead from the front.
It is not easy to get a reliable captain like Dhoni in Indian cricket. Although I know that the Indian team is still a very strong team in the cricket world. There are also many good players outside of the national team. But it will take time to find someone like Dhoni. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are all good performers, but they are not yet qualified to captain like Dhoni. I consider Dhani is the best captain ever.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's best captain of all time, not only captained well in all formats, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni was an ideal genius for the whole of cricket. I have seen many of his captaincy in the national team and one thing that has always stood out in him is great discipline. His fielding arrangements were outstanding, almost many matches were turned into success by Dhoni's performance. In a match between Bangladesh and India, India won that day only because of Dhoni's brilliant batting and that was one of my memorable moments between India and Bangladesh. I have always admired Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy and doubt anyone will get a second spell in India with a captaincy like his.It's hard to find a cool-headed smart captain like Dhani. He was a great captain. India won many matches only because of Dhoni's captaincy. KL Rahul feels like my Dhoni at times. He can take decisions with a cool head. But he is experienced and not lucky like Dhoni. But I would say if Rahul is in form, then India should rely on his captaincy. Because Rahul's captaincy is much better than Rohit's or Virat's.
It is not easy to get a reliable captain like Dhoni in Indian cricket. Although I know that the Indian team is still a very strong team in the cricket world. There are also many good players outside of the national team. But it will take time to find someone like Dhoni. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are all good performers, but they are not yet qualified to captain like Dhoni. I consider Dhani is the best captain ever.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's best captain of all time, not only captained well in all formats, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni was an ideal genius for the whole of cricket. I have seen many of his captaincy in the national team and one thing that has always stood out in him is great discipline. His fielding arrangements were outstanding, almost many matches were turned into success by Dhoni's performance. In a match between Bangladesh and India, India won that day only because of Dhoni's brilliant batting and that was one of my memorable moments between India and Bangladesh. I have always admired Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy and doubt anyone will get a second spell in India with a captaincy like his.
The effect of the political involvement has been clearly seen on Pakistani team when Shahid Afridi came boom boom and gone boom booom
Shahid Afridi was my favourite but after his political involvement and then entering the cricket board and leaving after is a complete failure is surprising.
In subcontinent region this is nothing new as we have all big four boards under political influence but sadly other than BCCI all are suffering badly which is creating mess up and decline in quality as well but sadly no one can do any positive development for this because here mostly things happening like this for decades even BCCI is having better structure and policies but still they can't go against the will of the current government even mostly things are controlled by the relative of politicians in this all as they are currently having billions of USD as profit and for the selling right of IPL to media which is giving some good intention to all.Shahid Afridi was my favourite but after his political involvement and then entering the cricket board and leaving after is a complete failure is surprising.
But, sadly boards like PCB, BCB and SLCB all having other troubles as well with many are trying to influence in players selections and other material as well as we have in Pakistan recently after the change of management things going down, and probably we will have decline in performance as well in near future from Pakistan cricket team as well.
Bloody hell!! KL Rahul is VC again, which means he'll play the first 2 tests for sure and he'll open with Rohit.
I did mentioned it on the ODI thread that this guys has secured his berth after his performance in the second ODI against Sri Lanka. In the third ODI he again lost his wicket after scoring just 7 or 6 runs. This is how you keep your berth safe in the playing 11, when in the past you have proven yourself. I do not understand why India is doing this. I feel like they have better players who are more deserving of captaincy compared to KL Rahul. I agree that he can play well. And he is oftentimes a performer which India needs in certain situations. But I do not believe that he is going to be the best option to choose when it comes to the captaincy for India. Personally, I believe India has better options for the captaincy spot. I do not want to mention any names because I believe you guys can figure it out.
But lets hope he performs well in upcoming matches and he keeps the team united.
When politics takes a reliable place on the cricket board, it affects the players as well. You can be a good player, it doesn't matter how well you play, is not included in the national team if there is even the slightest doubt you have relationship with the opposing political parity. Even though you will not given a chance to play. Such images have also been seen on various cricket boards. There will definitely be changes in Pakistan cricket. As there is a new shift in responsibilities, there will definitely be a change in the game. The previous Test match between New Zealand and Pakistan was finished by draws. How much their game has changed will be seen in the coming days.
Political intervention into the sports activities can be seen much on the Asian countries. I'm not aware about the involvement of political pressure into Western boards. It looks like they've got separate authority that takes the responsibility and takes decision. For this reason we can see the best from them playing without pressure.Shahid Afridi was my favourite but after his political involvement and then entering the cricket board and leaving after is a complete failure is surprising.
It is not easy to get a reliable captain like Dhoni in Indian cricket. Although I know that the Indian team is still a very strong team in the cricket world. There are also many good players outside of the national team. But it will take time to find someone like Dhoni. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are all good performers, but they are not yet qualified to captain like Dhoni. I consider Dhani is the best captain ever.
I believe that right now India is still a very good team in the world because they have very good individual players. But the impact which MS. Dhoni had on the Indian team just with his captaincy was really big. I personally have seen India win a lot of matches that they surely would have lost just because of the captaincy of Dhoni. So, I think to say that he was the captain of the Indian team just because he was born or from a certain part of India is very disrespectful. I don't know about anyone else but MS. Dhoni was a legit good captain for India for a long time.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's best captain of all time, not only captained well in all formats, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni was an ideal genius for the whole of cricket. I have seen many of his captaincy in the national team and one thing that has always stood out in him is great discipline. His fielding arrangements were outstanding, almost many matches were turned into success by Dhoni's performance. In a match between Bangladesh and India, India won that day only because of Dhoni's brilliant batting and that was one of my memorable moments between India and Bangladesh. I have always admired Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy and doubt anyone will get a second spell in India with a captaincy like his.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not only doing well in captaincy also received the man of the match award for many times. He was not behind in international cricket and other domestic leagues. His leadership in any adverse situation of the team was excellent. His presence in the team meant that there was a kind of courage working in every player. He also captained the Chennai Super Kings for a long time in the Indian Premier League and was successful. Need another prayer like him to lead the Indian national team.And I think another aspect of MS Dhoni which people have almost forgotten is his ability to finish the match. He was a good player but a very big responsibility to him from the club was to finish on a high and he had done that consistently for a long period of time. And he was a good captain because he always thought about the risk versus reward of every decision.
It is not easy to get a reliable captain like Dhoni in Indian cricket. Although I know that the Indian team is still a very strong team in the cricket world. There are also many good players outside of the national team. But it will take time to find someone like Dhoni. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are all good performers, but they are not yet qualified to captain like Dhoni. I consider Dhani is the best captain ever.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's best captain of all time, not only captained well in all formats, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni was an ideal genius for the whole of cricket. I have seen many of his captaincy in the national team and one thing that has always stood out in him is great discipline. His fielding arrangements were outstanding, almost many matches were turned into success by Dhoni's performance. In a match between Bangladesh and India, India won that day only because of Dhoni's brilliant batting and that was one of my memorable moments between India and Bangladesh. I have always admired Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy and doubt anyone will get a second spell in India with a captaincy like his.
Not Just as a Captain. He will be remembered as Performer as well. Dhoni always played a big role in Big matches. He achieved a lot more than other Indian captains. I feel sorry for him because he had to move aside to give a chance to young players. I don't see any problem because Dhoni encouraged team management to remove Viru from the team while he was captain. Each captain wants their favorite players on the team. So, I am not surprised.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni surely deserve the GOAT of the Indian cricket because as he changes things in Indian this all brings amazing discipline and quality and his record is still having place in Indian cricket with Golden Words because he was game changer with his performance and attitude as well even I believe Sourav Ganguly was also man who bring changes but Mahendra Singh Dhoni is surely much better and successful in bringing more trophies successes.Every player and captain having good and bad things with their name and career, but he was really player and leader who was doing things for team and country and giving results as par are also best now Indian team will take long time for having player and captain like him.
It is not easy to get a reliable captain like Dhoni in Indian cricket. Although I know that the Indian team is still a very strong team in the cricket world. There are also many good players outside of the national team. But it will take time to find someone like Dhoni. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are all good performers, but they are not yet qualified to captain like Dhoni. I consider Dhani is the best captain ever.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's best captain of all time, not only captained well in all formats, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni was an ideal genius for the whole of cricket. I have seen many of his captaincy in the national team and one thing that has always stood out in him is great discipline. His fielding arrangements were outstanding, almost many matches were turned into success by Dhoni's performance. In a match between Bangladesh and India, India won that day only because of Dhoni's brilliant batting and that was one of my memorable moments between India and Bangladesh. I have always admired Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy and doubt anyone will get a second spell in India with a captaincy like his.Not Just as a Captain. He will be remembered as Performer as well. Dhoni always played a big role in Big matches. He achieved a lot more than other Indian captains. I feel sorry for him because he had to move aside to give a chance to young players. I don't see any problem because Dhoni encouraged team management to remove Viru from the team while he was captain. Each captain wants their favorite players on the team. So, I am not surprised.
I have seen various Indian captains and they sometimes go out of their lines in terms of attitude may be reason is arrogance or what but with MS Dhoni he is a down to earth person with so much respect for everyone.
It is not easy to get a reliable captain like Dhoni in Indian cricket. Although I know that the Indian team is still a very strong team in the cricket world. There are also many good players outside of the national team. But it will take time to find someone like Dhoni. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are all good performers, but they are not yet qualified to captain like Dhoni. I consider Dhani is the best captain ever.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's best captain of all time, not only captained well in all formats, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni was an ideal genius for the whole of cricket. I have seen many of his captaincy in the national team and one thing that has always stood out in him is great discipline. His fielding arrangements were outstanding, almost many matches were turned into success by Dhoni's performance. In a match between Bangladesh and India, India won that day only because of Dhoni's brilliant batting and that was one of my memorable moments between India and Bangladesh. I have always admired Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy and doubt anyone will get a second spell in India with a captaincy like his.Not Just as a Captain. He will be remembered as Performer as well. Dhoni always played a big role in Big matches. He achieved a lot more than other Indian captains. I feel sorry for him because he had to move aside to give a chance to young players. I don't see any problem because Dhoni encouraged team management to remove Viru from the team while he was captain. Each captain wants their favorite players on the team. So, I am not surprised.
It is not easy to get a reliable captain like Dhoni in Indian cricket. Although I know that the Indian team is still a very strong team in the cricket world. There are also many good players outside of the national team. But it will take time to find someone like Dhoni. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are all good performers, but they are not yet qualified to captain like Dhoni. I consider Dhani is the best captain ever.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's best captain of all time, not only captained well in all formats, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni was an ideal genius for the whole of cricket. I have seen many of his captaincy in the national team and one thing that has always stood out in him is great discipline. His fielding arrangements were outstanding, almost many matches were turned into success by Dhoni's performance. In a match between Bangladesh and India, India won that day only because of Dhoni's brilliant batting and that was one of my memorable moments between India and Bangladesh. I have always admired Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy and doubt anyone will get a second spell in India with a captaincy like his. This is how the political system have designed the position of the Indian cricket team captain. It was by situation Dhoni being the captain for the team for long years. To me, Rahul seems to be the better choice because his performance will be almost similar in all matches. Most of the time some players consider captaincy as burden and it disturbs their performance. For that reason many players doesn't accept even when captaincy is offered.
I do not think that MS. Dhoni was the captain of India just because he was from Mumbai. He was actually a very good captain. And I do not think India is going to get a captain like him for years to come. But the captain citation in India right now is very questionable and not very reliable as well. I have no idea how Kl Rahul is suitable for the Captaincy position. After MS. Dhoni, I am yet to like any captain suitable for India. Virat Kohli is a good performer but not a good captain. Rohit Sharma is decent but not one of the best for sure. And I have no idea how they are even thinking about KL Rahul.This is how the political system have designed the position of the Indian cricket team captain. It was by situation Dhoni being the captain for the team for long years. To me, Rahul seems to be the better choice because his performance will be almost similar in all matches. Most of the time some players consider captaincy as burden and it disturbs their performance. For that reason many players doesn't accept even when captaincy is offered.
I do not think that MS. Dhoni was the captain of India just because he was from Mumbai. He was actually a very good captain. And I do not think India is going to get a captain like him for years to come. But the captain citation in India right now is very questionable and not very reliable as well. I have no idea how Kl Rahul is suitable for the Captaincy position. After MS. Dhoni, I am yet to like any captain suitable for India. Virat Kohli is a good performer but not a good captain. Rohit Sharma is decent but not one of the best for sure. And I have no idea how they are even thinking about KL Rahul.
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