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MS Dhoni: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
What he said:
“Don’t be so jealous of IPL.”
The Indian skipper was quick to respond to a query from scribes whether Indian players would forsake the IPL and work on their Test game instead by playing county cricket in England.
What he really meant:
“County cricket doesn’t pay that much any more, does it? Besides, it’s an Indian league and why should the Indian players be elsewhere? Will our team owners and the BCCI be agreeable? Also, it’s the cricketers main source of income when they’re not playing for the national squad. Why ruin our fun, our time in the sun?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“The IPL’s like my wife Sakshi to me. You malign her(it) and you’ll have me to deal with.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Mahendra Singh Dhoni laments the Ugly Side of Cricket
What he said:
We just saw the ugly side of cricket. Whichever team has the upper hand, doesn’t want to play. Whichever team is not on winning side, will stick around and even play football. That’s what people do and that’s what both sides did.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is frankness personified when he airs his opinion that the Ducksworth-Lewis method of deciding the 4th ODI against England—affected by rain—was detrimental to the spirit of the game. The ODI ended in a tie as decided by the controversial methodology.
Dhoni added:
If you have a day game, you need different guidelines and principles to follow. If you put it under lights, it doesn’t look nice.
Some of the guys were confused. Some thought we had won it. Most of us thought it was a passing shower and we would be able to get back on the field.
Once inside the dressing room, we saw the final sheet of paper. After looking at it, it was apparent it was a tie and none of the side had won the game.
This is not the first time. We were close to winning the first game also. But as I said, you can’t control the weather.
What Dhoni really meant:
“It doesn’t say much for us if we loiter in the dressing room when the game has swung our way.”
What Dhoni definitely didn’t:
“We caught the Djokovic-Federer semi-final and unanimously agreed with Roger Federer’s post-match sentiment: ‘That’s why we all watch sports, isn’t it? Because we don’t know the outcome and everybody has a chance, and until the very moment it can still turn. That’s what we love about the sport, but it’s also very cruel and tough sometimes.’”
England whitewash India 4-0: Dénouement complete
The rout is complete.
The English Lions, in their own den, knocked the Indians from their perch of the No.1 Test team in the world.
The mighty have fallen—hard.
Team India nestle at No.3 behind South Africa.
For one brief session on the fifth day of the last Test, Sachin Tendulkar and Amit Mishra showed what could have been. Had the Indian batsmen applied themselves similarly in the first three matches, the series result could have been quite different.This was the only batting session—in the entire series—that the Indians did not lose a wicket.
The English bowlers, for the first time in the series, showed signs of frustration. Graeme Swann kicked the turf, repeatedly.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“You won’t see a Sreesanth batting like a Don Bradman just because he wants to bat like one.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is realistic about his expectations from the tailenders in the Indian side in the Edgbaston post-match interview; tweaks in technique for English conditions can do just so much.
What he really meant:
“And you won’t see a Don Bradman bowl like Sreesanth because he wants to bowl like one. You get my point?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I really don’t know what I’m saying. Why did I even drag Sree into this? Let’s just get the press conference over with.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"Look at them, some day one of them will just collapse."
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not enamoured about the amount of cricket his team has played in recent times.
What he really meant:
“My players are tired and jaded. Isn’t that evident?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Team India are pushovers—literally.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni going the Kapil way?
Kapil Dev Nikhanj. Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Two charismatic skippers with winning ways.
The former led Team India to an epochal triumph in the 1983 World Cup, a victory which led to a radical power shift within the ICC. The Reliance World Cup followed in 1987. The circle was complete. The colonised were now king-makers.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was fortunate to be selected skipper for the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup. He thrust a young, inexperienced team to the pinnacle in a format ignored by the bigger guns—Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Saurav Ganguly.
MS Dhoni wins hearts: Team India fail second Test
Of the two sides fighting for the No.1 Test spot, only one stepped up to the plate; that side was not India.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni won hearts with his sporting act on the third day of the second nPower Test series.
His team’s performance, however, raised a lot more questions.
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