Dhoni retires from test cricket effective immediately

[JJ]

:lol: at the Dhoni bagging, seriously wtf

 

[Iafeta]

Example? Just curious.

I've seen batsman struggle in the sub-continent (e.g. Ponting) but not sure about careers being destroyed.

Phil Hughes on the last test tour there is one.

 

[Twizzle]

I wouldn't say it was destroyed because he was being talked about as being readmitted to the squad.

It certainly took a few steps backwards.

 

[Twizzle]

:lol: at the Dhoni bagging, seriously wtf

yeh I agree

you people have no right to an opinion

 

[JJ]

Its interesting that he's bagged for batting in Indian conditions. I've seen a number of southern hemisphere bats head up there on tour only for their career to be destroyed by the conditions they face.

Irrespective, IMO, its been a pretty good test career. Particularly if you compare it against other Indian keeper-batsmen, he is it would appear by a considerable margin their best in test history in that regard.

yeh I agree

you people have no right to an opinion

Yeah yeah, if Clarke is referred to similarly posts get moved

Dhoni was obviously a very fine player, in some great Indian teams

 

[JJ]

I wouldn't say it was destroyed because he was being talked about as being readmitted to the squad.

It certainly took a few steps backwards.

He shouldn't have been tbh

 

[typicalfan]

Strange how he didn't see out the series.

 

[JJ]

Strange how he didn't see out the series.

That is the weird thing, given he was hurt why did he bother?

 

[The Charlatan]

As a player, I rated Dhoni. Averaged nearly 40 didn't he? Not a bad effort for a wickie.

He was a pretty ordinary tactician though, but I'll go easy on him even then as their pace stocks have been ordinary for a while now and they've had to rely on their batting getting them home.

 

[African Monkey]

Yeah yeah, if Clarke is referred to similarly posts get moved

Dhoni was obviously a very fine player, in some great Indian teams

Lol posts like this will go to the troll dump thread.

 

[Iafeta]

As a captain, I'd say he's far too defensive. However, he's won a World Cup in his tenure and the only seam bowler of any quality he ever had was Zaheer Khan. The rest were outright rubbish. I would suggest this played a big part in his strategic policies in that he had seamers he could never really rely on.

Wicket-keeper batsmen wise, there were better keepers. But there were very few if any more destructive finishers in ODI cricket with the bat than him, and he was able to play either fluent aggression or stoic defence in test cricket as the situation required.

He's the only keeper-bat from India that I know of thats worth a mention in a world class keeper-bat discussion. You could extend that to the subcontinent, if you take the view that the majority of Kumar Sangakkara's career was as a specialist bat in test cricket.

 

[Twizzle]

He just doesn't seem to interested atm looking at his batting. He seems to be in a hell of a hurry to get out.

He has played one half decent innings this series. His best seems a long way behind him.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

lol Egotistical small man syndrome Virat Kohli as Captain,couldn't have picked a worse candidate,will fail miserably as Captain.

 

[JJ]

lol Egotistical small man syndrome Virat Kohli as Captain,couldn't have picked a worse candidate,will fail miserably as Captain.

Think I disagree, that sort has done reasonably well recently as test captains

 

[vvvrulz]

As a captain, I'd say he's far too defensive. However, he's won a World Cup in his tenure and the only seam bowler of any quality he ever had was Zaheer Khan. The rest were outright rubbish. I would suggest this played a big part in his strategic policies in that he had seamers he could never really rely on.

Wicket-keeper batsmen wise, there were better keepers. But there were very few if any more destructive finishers in ODI cricket with the bat than him, and he was able to play either fluent aggression or stoic defence in test cricket as the situation required.

I have a minor problem with Dhoni as a test player, but as an ODI player I don't think there is any doubt about his quality. The only bone to pick I have with Dhoni in ODIs is his really annoying tendency to deliberately take the game to the last over for the 'dramatic finish'. It backfired a lot too.

He's the only keeper-bat from India that I know of thats worth a mention in a world class keeper-bat discussion. You could extend that to the subcontinent, if you take the view that the majority of Kumar Sangakkara's career was as a specialist bat in test cricket.

Dinesh Karthik is a very good keeper batsman.

 

[Twizzle]

So I was reading this morning that MS is on $35mill a year, if he sticks with 50 and 20 over games I'm guessing he will probabaly still be on $25mill or so because thats the big money spinner in India.

The spoilt brat is on $14mill but now that he is skipper that will probabaly double.

To put that in perspective Clarkey is on $6mill a year.

His portfolio reads pretty well to, he owns a lot of property as well as a IPL Football team.

No wonder he is retiring from test cricket.

 

[TheParraboy]

Got to hand it to Dhoni

Why go into battle in a dead rubber test when he can go relax and have longer preparation time than others to hopefully win back to back world cups as captain of India. Throw a few more million his way if that happens

 

[Iafeta]

I have a minor problem with Dhoni as a test player, but as an ODI player I don't think there is any doubt about his quality. The only bone to pick I have with Dhoni in ODIs is his really annoying tendency to deliberately take the game to the last over for the 'dramatic finish'. It backfired a lot too.



Dinesh Karthik is a very good keeper batsman.

Dinesh Karthik is nowhere near MS Dhoni level. Nowhere near it.

 

[yawn]

What do you call what Dhoni did, in I think the 2nd test, where he deflected the ball from an outfield throw into the stumps?

In Streetfighter they called it Hadouken.