Dhoni is one of the 5 indian cricketers to be featured in Wisden Test XI. :notworthy:
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Dhoni is one of the 5 indian cricketers to be featured in Wisden Test XI. :notworthy:
u mean there are 5 indians featuring in this years test 11?Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
if so thats a great feat of dominance.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/510271.html
Dhoni's among the great modern captains
India's emphatic victory in the World Cup has proved beyond doubt they are currently the best all-round cricket team. In the process, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's polished performance as skipper, where he pushed, prodded and cajoled his side into peaking at the right time, has shown he's not only the best leader in the game but also one of the finest of the last 30 years. His performance ranks him with the other top-class leaders of the period: Imran Khan, Mark Taylor and Arjuna Ranatunga.
Unlike their predecessors as the No. 1-ranked team, West Indies and Australia, India do not have a dominant bowling attack. Considering bowlers win matches, this makes Dhoni's captaincy performance even more meritorious. In that regard he's emulated Ranatunga in conjuring up a World Cup victory with a moderate attack. As there's no indication India are on the verge of unearthing a couple of world-class bowlers, and three of their best Test batsmen are closer to retirement than to the pinnacle of their careers, Dhoni has a serious challenge on his hands to keep India at the top of the rankings in the longer game. However, he can take comfort from the fact that none of the stronger teams look likely to surge past India in the race to be No. 1.
http://cricketnext.in.com/news/ms-dh.../56772-13.html
MS Dhoni leads India's five among Time 100
Dhoni rated above Messi and Obama !
I don't know whether this has been posted before here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCg8E...rec_grec_index
Dhoni 148(123) 1st ODI Century v Pakistan at Vizag 2005
the 100 is in no particular order. So no question of RatingQuote:
Originally Posted by sathya_1979
Dhoni played innings of his life in WC final: Yuvi
Flamboyant all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who was named World Cup's man-of-the-tournament, on Tuesday complimented Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his match-winning knock of 91 not out in the final of the mega event, terming it as the Indian skipper's best-ever innings.
"It was a dream come true. As M.S. (Dhoni) said (earlier) I did not know what to do. I wanted to jump on M.S. and keep jumping on him. He had just played the innings of his life," the flamboyant batsman said about the Indian skipper's masterly innings, in the latter's presence.
The Ranchi-born wicketkeeper-batsman had promoted himself to number 5 above in-form Yuvraj and simply took away the game from Sri Lanka by slamming two sixes and eight fours in his 79-ball masterpiece at the Wankhede Stadium.
Dhoni, only the second captain after Kapil Dev to lead India to the game's showpiece trophy, put on 109 runs for the fourth wicket with Gautam Gambhir (97) and an unfinished 5th stand of 46 with Yuvraj, who remained unbeaten on 21.
"It was the highlight of my career. To win the World Cup after 28 years, was very special. Can't explain the feelings," said Yuvraj who scored 362 runs in 9 matches averaging 90-plus and also grabbed 15 wickets with his left arm slow bowling.
Dhoni, for his part, conceded he had gone blank after hitting the winning shot, a six.
"I was quite blank at that point of time. I didn't know how to celebrate. Then I saw Yuvraj's 6-foot, 2-inch (frame) coming towards me. I thought, he's not going anywhere; let me get to the stumps (souvenirs) first," said Dhoni at the event organised by Reebok to felicitate the triumphant team members.
Yuvraj said he worked hard to make a memorable comeback into the Indian squad after being dropped from both the Test and ODI teams last year.
"Last year was not a great one. I suffered a lot of injuries, but I received a lot of support from my teammates and people close to me. I kept on working hard and performed at the right time," he said.
Dhoni also talked about the importance of fielding and fitness. "Of course we have to put in a 100 per cent effort (to keep fit). Fielding is an integral part. Twenty overs (games) are said to be demanding but in 50 overs (games) you have to maintain intensity throughout," he said.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said for him the team always came first. "Whenever there is a time to celebrate I celebrate. That's the way I have always been. I am there always for the team, the team comes first," he said.
Leg spinner Piyush Chawla and big-hitting all-rounder Yusuf Pathan also shared their memorable World Cup moments.
"I felt very good to take the World Cup in my hand. We played well," said Pathan.
"I don't have words to describe those feelings. It was a dream come true for me. For me it was a special feeling as it was my first home series. That (triumph) is something I will cherish all my life," he said.
Yuvraj is 6'2"? :shock:
What you didn't know that>?. :lol:. That's my grouse. Panamaram madhiri valarndhum spin aada theriama irukkan.
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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Avan avvalavu uyaram maadhiri theriyala. I thought he would be just below 6'.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
:lol:
TamizhanAgapattavan idhaiyellAm anubavichu dhAn AgaNum. Welcome to tamil citizenship, MSD!
nadodigal arasiyalvaadhi dhaan nyabagatthukku varaar...
anju nimisatthukku munnaala dhaanda photo edutthaanga... adhukkulla cut out vechutaanga... :lol:
idhai Election munnAdi release paNNi irundhA DMK return to power kanfaarmednga. Unfortunately, electionkappuram release paNdrAnga
CSK down, seetee for MSD
- Ranchi’s son is Chennai’s favourite pin-up boy
May 22: He’s played a captain’s knock of an unbeaten 70 off 40 deliveries for Chennai Super Kings in Bangalore, against home team Royal Challengers at the 69th IPL match today. But lost out to the Gayle hurricane.
Yet Chennai cheers for Dhoni. On TV, he has been grooving in his yellow team sweatshirt, with Tamil paatis (grandmoms) in nine-yard saris and dark shades, young bike boys and girls practising Bharatnatyam moves, all blowing the whistle. He’s blown the whistle with the boys in the dressing room. And then he’s said in faultless Tamil: “Chennai Super Kings ku whistle podu. (Blow the whistle for Chennai Super Kings).”
It is Tamilspeak for seetee baja ke, Chennai equivalent of the Mexican wave. Though the defending champs have had a roller-coaster innings in IPL-4, they are riding high on Whistle Podu (Blow the Whistle), the one-minute music video that celebrates “our boy” M.S. Dhoni. “Enga thala Dhoniku periya whistle adinga (Whistle aloud for our leader Dhoni)” goes a line in the song by Arvind & Jaishankar.
Chennaiites are watching it on TV, humming it, joining the Whistle Podu community page on Facebook and downloading it as ringtones.
Chennai’s Thoraipakkam resident and 26-year-old software engineer Raghavendran confesses he is an IPL fanatic, thanks to Dhoni.
“It’s a privilege to have him as captain,” he said. And what about Dhoni in Whistle Podu? “His accent is pretty decent,” the Tamilian endorses.
Dhoni transcends the so-called North-South divide. “IPL stands on how strongly people cheer for city teams. With cricketers sans regional affiliation, the challenge is to align them to the values of cities through personality transformation. In IPL, Dhoni’s a Chennai boy,” says Mudar Patherya, who wrote Wills Book of Excellence: Cricket and Penguin Book of Cricket Lists.
“Mahi stands for mental strength that appeals to Chennaiites,” says Souvik Misra, executive creative director, Bates 141.
What does Ranchi say about this southern hijack? “Ranchi does not have an IPL team, so it doesn’t matter which city he plays for,” says Yogesh Kaushal (23), Old Hazaribagh Road resident. “Chennai should be proud Dhoni plays for them,” adds friend Anand Kanoria.
The message from Ranchi is loud and clear. He may be your pin-up boy, Chennai, but he’s our boy.
Dhoni and captaincy
ESPNSTAR.com columnist Suresh Menon says that no Indian captain’s job has looked as secure as Dhoni’s.
During the third Test against the West Indies in July, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will turn 30. Since he took over from Anil Kumble, Dhoni has combined flair and certainty, and has been secure enough to stand aside while others have led.
This is unusual for Indian captains, most of whom are constantly made aware of the temporary nature of their assignment, and reminded by current events if not history that one false move will see them sidelined.
Not surprisingly, it is often seen as the second most difficult job in the country, the uncertainty of tenure alone causing premature balding and graying. Selectors have often contributed to this, keeping captains on edge, playing off one against the other, and forcing them into Mephistophelian compromises.
India had played international cricket for three decades before the first long-serving captain was given the reign. But even Tiger Pataudi, who led at 21, had to face the chairman's casting vote twice. He survived on the first occasion, and made way for Ajit Wadekar on the second.
Since Dhoni took over, three men have led India. Virender Sehwag, who is three years older, Suresh Raina (he led on the Zimbabwe tour while many seniors were rested), and Gautam Gambhir. Raina, 25 this year, will have to establish himself in the team over this season before his captaincy can be taken seriously. Gambhir is nearly the same age as Dhoni, and although he leads the team to the West Indies for the one-day series, can only be a stop-gap leader as long as Dhoni maintains his form and fitness.
If a natural successor to Dhoni four or five years down the line can be seen now, it is Virat Kohli. He is only 22 and yet to play Test cricket, but he has both an obvious toughness and tactical nous that make him stand out. Also, he seems to enjoy the responsibility of leading a side, which is a trait he shares with Dhoni, and one which is common to many great captains.
He has picked up a reputation for enjoying the good things of life, but that is something that can be corrected. India lost a potentially major captain when a similar reputation stuck to Ravi Shastri's name. Shastri might have been a great captain, but lost out in the West Zone versus North Zone politics which was sustained by his lifestyle often exaggerated in the media.
Kohli will have to learn from history even while realizing that a couple of generations after Shastri, society - and the selector - is probably more forgiving.
All that is many years into the future, although grooming a youngster is never a bad idea. Pataudi was groomed, Shastri was groomed, Dhoni was groomed.
England have decided to split their cricket captaincy three ways, and India, among the pioneers to split the job in two, will watch that experiment with interest. Dhoni is the most overworked of the Indian players, and sometime in the future he might withdraw from the T20 captaincy (even if he continues as player).
Dhoni's reputation rests on his man-management abilities and his risk-taking temperament. He has well-honed instincts and when he occasionally gets it wrong he feels secure enough to admit it. "We read the wicket wrong," he confessed after a World Cup game recently.
It will be interesting to see whom Dhoni himself grooms as his successor. This is not part of his job description, and in fact very few captains have even attempted it. But somehow one feels Dhoni is different.
Dhoni setting an example for other skippers
Sunil Gavaskar
Three teams in the playoffs have never won the IPL and they will go flat out to try and upset the defending champions Chennai Super Kings and stop them from winning another title. The skipper of the Chennai Super Kings is one who knows what winning is all about.
Under him the Super Kings have not only won the IPL but the Champions League too and then his most recent win has been the World Cup so he is indeed a winning captain and will be brimming with confidence. What distinguishes him from the others is his readiness to take on responsibility especially when the going is tough.
So when the team needs a push in the scoring rate, he will be the one to walk out ahead of someone who has been in good form but may not have his range of shots and the daring to play them that the skipper posseses. His example of showing no emotions is being followed by the other skippers in the IPL though some of them fail to control themselves like Dhoni does.
Still it is a good sign for it will mean that youngsters who are nervous about playing such a pressure-filled tournament can make mistakes and won't be bawled out by their captains on the field. The skippers are under immense pressure too since they are invariably the highest paid in their teams and so are expected to work miracles whenever the team is in trouble.
The new eliminator system for this year's tournament gives teams finishing in the top two another crack at getting into the finals. The only hitch is that the winner of the second semi-finals will have to play the finals the next day and if there's been a bit of a niggle for a key player then there is no time for him to be treated and so he may well have to play with that little injury. Didn't we see that in last year's finals when Tendulkar had that nasty split in the webbing but still played and in fact stopped some fierce shots with that injured hand.
The Mumbai Indians would have breathed a sigh of relief once the Kings XI Punjab could not raise themselves for one big final effort and this reprieve may well work in their favour. However they have to sort out their batting line-up since they seem to be wasting some players by having them too low down the order.
If there is a team that is determined to win, it is the Kolkata Knight Riders. Their skipper Gambhir is so charged up with the possibility that he is taking no chances and doing it all himself. He has a good bowling variety at his disposal which has made the task of defending small totals better than earlier.
The fourth team in the playoffs is a team that is having such a good time off the field that it is being reflected on the field too. There is perhaps no happier team in the IPL than the Royal Challengers of Bangalore and that joy is also being conveyed to their followers.
It is going to be close alright and just the kind of finish that the IPL wanted.
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Harper slams Dhoni
Australian umpire Daryl Harper has blasted India for their behaviour in the first Test against the West Indies, but admits he made a few errors in the match.
India won the Test, beating West Indies by 63 runs in the Caribbean, but skipper MS Dhoni sarcastically said in a post-match press conference that he would have been in his hotel room by now had it not been for the umpiring decisions.
Most of the decisions Dhoni was referring to involved Harper, who in the wake of the criticism, withdrew from standing in the third Test that starts Wednesday, due to be his final game as an international umpire.
"I didn't have my best game of the year but match referee Jeff Crowe, who observed every ball, calculated that I had managed to get 94 percent of all my decisions correct. That analysis was confirmed from headquarters in our Dubai office," Harper said on Friday.
"There was one LBW against Harbhajan that would have been reversed had Decision Review System been available."
"I also failed to detect a no ball when West Indian Bishoo's back foot touched the side or return crease, [a mistake that's] about as common as Indians eating beef burgers."
The Australian said even the West Indies players were unhappy with the way the visitors behaved on the field.
"West Indies expressed concern over Indian players' habit of charging at umpires when appealing which is against the spirit of the game," Harper said.
"I should never have applied the laws of cricket to Indian players."
Harper also came down strongly on Dhoni, and added that technology could not prove that his decision to give Virat Kohli out was a wrong one.
"We [Dhoni and I] did not share many pleasantries in the match," he said.
"Another decision that was notable involved Virat Kohli. He flashed wide of his body at a short ball that passed well outside his body down the leg side."
"He clearly gloved the ball and was given out."
"Replays could not confirm that my decision was right and they could not confirm my decision was wrong."
Dhoni should have been pulled up for his remarks: Australian media
SYDNEY: The Australian media has come down hard on the International Cricket Council (ICC) for not taking any action against Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose criticism of umpire Daryl Harper's performance in the first Test against West Indies led to the withdrawal of the official from the third Test.
Harper was to retire from the elite panel after the third Test, but following the criticism he chose not to officiate in what would have been his farewell match.
"Indian harassment and the ICC's inaction have seen Australian umpire Daryl Harper pull out of his farewell Test in the West Indies," reported the Australian on Friday.
"While the ICC said it was unfair criticism and defended Harper's record, it has not taken any action against India's captain. And Harper, who was about to stand in his 300th international, walked away," the report said.
The report said that there were a number of disputed decisions that upset the Indians, but they were only in that position because the Indian players and board refused to countenance the use of the Decision Review System (DRS). "Match referee Jeff Crowe did not punish Dhoni for his outburst."
India won the first Test at Kingston by 63 runs and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said: "If the correct decisions were made, the game would have finished much earlier and I would have been in the hotel by now."
The ICC's cricket manager, Dave Richardson, defended Harper's record.
"The reality of the situation is that Daryl's statistics show his correct decision percentage in Tests involving India is 96 per cent, which is considerably higher than the international average for top-level umpires," Richardson said.
Harper's former colleague Darrell Hair supported him. "You can't have players picking and choosing umpires," Hair was quoted as saying.
The 59-year-old Harper, who has stood in 95 Tests and 174 ODIs, is not the first umpire to feel poorly treated. In 2008, Steve Bucknor was sent home by the ICC after India complained about his performance in the controversial Sydney Test against Australia. Mark Benson also walked away amid controversy over the DRS in Australia two summers ago, citing ill health.
Wishing MSD and Mrs.MSD a very happy first wedding anniversary!!
idhellAm correctA gnAbagam vechuruppIngaLE...innEram indhi channelslAm Ranhci-la muRRugai ittiruppAngaLE
Aishwarya Bachan pOla nalla news edhuvum illayaa? :roll:
Scorpio - avarukku engE vAippu kudukkaRAnga? Test Series, World Cup, Champions Trophy, Champions League, IPL - idhellAm pOga seekkiRam hotel Roomukkku pOgalAmnA, bad decision kodukkaRA Darryl HarpernAla extra time field-la.
eppO dhAn avarukku nEram kedaikkum? :)
:rotfl: .........Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
what does this mean? He gave correct boundaries, sixes, leg byes, runs etc. and only made 4% errors?Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
adhAN laws-ai madhikkAma Appu vekka muyaRchchi paNNingaLE Harperu? You already didnt apply Cricket laws to Indian players, Mr Harper.Quote:
I should never have applied the laws of cricket to Indian players
94% ellAm sari - there is such a thing as the crucialness of the decision. If your 94% includes decisions in favour of Ishant Sharma(batting), Virat Kohli(Bowling), and the 6% includes dismissing Dhoni when he was not out, reprieving Chanders and Darren Bravo when they finally got out - then your numeric 94% doesnt matter.
Harper has been slammed even by English media - because he has costed them at times - which normally stands behind Anglo Saxon umpires. I am sure he'll now become a hero to them now that he has spoken against India and Dhoni but they will be tempered by their own previous writings against him.
Harper is the new Bucknor. Hating India, and boldly declaring that he was tempted to go against law to punish Indian players. idhai ellAm kandikkAdha ICC, encourage paNdra anglo-saxon media, BCCI-ai edhirkkaNumnu orE kAraNathukkAga, idhukkellAm othu oodhaRa Indian innocent fublic.
MS Dhoni: The man and the legend
Some say he has a charmed life. Some sigh and call it destiny. While many would choose to credit or blame fate, depending on perspectives, for his success, there is no denying that fortune favours the brave is an apt saying when it comes to a certain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
In his 30 years, which he completes on Thursday, Mahendra has touched upon and seized every accolade that could possibly ever come a cricketers way and though his team-mate in Sachin Tendulkar could rightfully boast of more laurels, this lad-from-Ranchi-turned-global-star-cricketer has every reason to be as proud.
The thing with comparisons are that they are mostly never fair and this is surely not one either. Instead, this is about a man who was given a bunch of hungry boys to lead and how he fed them with trophies and success galore. Cricket pundits, a few at least, regard the team that Dhoni inherited in 2007 was already fine-tuned to race to victory. The race itself was yet to begin.
Whether the ICC World T20 Trophy or the flagship tournament itself, the journey of the Indian team under Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been a whirlwind that has basked in more glory, arguably, than any other before it. Eleven make a team, one and only one will ever make a leader of it. Dhoni has been that driving force who has made gold off whatever he has touched.
While his biography may not be the rags-to-riches anecdotes exactly, for a young boy with long flowing brown hair - born in a middle class family to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi - to firmly etch his name in the cricketing hall of fame requires luck and hardwork. Dhoni has had both for him, along with a certain demeanour that reflects utmost confidence.
Dhoni's life chart once he made it to the national side has grown by leaps and bounds. So while he failed to make an impact in his ODI debut in 2004, the graph has since not dipped the slightest. What has changed though, apart from his most-watched hairstyle- over the years is his approach to the game. No cricket pundit is needed here to ascertain how as a batsman, MS has capped his raw and brutal aggression in a bid to play responsible knocks. Between his 183* off 145 against Sri Lanka at Jaipur in 2005 and 91 off 79 against Sri Lanka again in Mumbai 2011, the difference is not just of 6 years. The contrast lies in the stature.
So like Tendulkar, detailing much of his achievement would not be a first on his birthday, for the contemporary cricketing world has mostly been witness to this legend. Instead, on this day, here is wishing Mahi continuing success and a continuing blessed life.
Wishing MSD a very happy 30th birthday!!!
http://sports.ndtv.com/images/storie...nner-dhoni.jpg
Dhoni has been a role model for me for a long time now.....wish him to attain inner peace as he has already achieved all successes.......
ODI-la innum nember 1 aagalaye? Advance congratulations for him to get promotion in his personal life soon...Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
Happy Birthday Dhoni :)
Kung-fu Panda effect ? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
iniya pirandha nAL vAzhthukkaL MSD avargaLE, aNiyai mEnmElum pala veRRigal kuvikka vazhi nadaththuveeraaga!
Ravi Shastri during the WC final: If India wins today, they'l become the No.1 team in the world. (After a few seconds).. Mohandas Menon has informed me that even if India wins the WC, they'l be placed second in the rankings. But who cares?
ODI #1 is thEvai illAdha ANi. I hope Dhoni gets enough time in the hotel room this year - appO dhAn Ajaybhasjar solRa promotion kedaikkum. Wishing him less Daryl Harpers and more Aleem Dars in India matches :-). And hope his team doesn't follow the India Batting Collapse strategy to enable quick hotel returning in the England tour :oops:
Wishing India's best captain ever MSD a very happy birthday :D
அத சொன்னது நான் இல்லீங்கோவ்.. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by plum
oh Sorry nInga matter nadandhadhkuppuRam confirm paNNI solRadhula dhAnE expert - idhu 19th May sonnadhunu ippO dhAn noticed :oops: