How did MSD get the job?!

[sohum]

I always thought that Sehwag was a very good captain.

Sehwag always struck me as a pretty unimaginative captain, strangely enough. He was decent, but he was only really comparable to Dravid and Kumble.

 

[SaiSrini]

I always thought that Sehwag was a very good captain.

NO! As sohum says, Sehwag showed off as a very unimaginative captain. The games that he captained for India, it clearly showed. He cant grab the bull by its horns with his decisions, and can let the game easily float away without even knowing it. He doesnt look to be in control often.

 

[notjustshrawan]

I don't think we should really dig into the captaincy issue. The world's best batsmen - Sachin Tendulkar, struggled to make a good captain. There were others too like Rahul Dravid, who is among the best test batsmen and he too was not doing a good job leading the side.

A captain need not be a star player, he just needs to have common sense and can deploy what the coach and cricket board has worked out before the game. A good captain is one who understands his players and gives them the best possible atmosphere (in our case it is the batting position, fielding position, rest etc) to give his best. More often than not, a captain is never the one taking all the decisions. He does it after consulting his superiors.

 

[Cricketman]

Dravid was alright. Remember his early (some call it 'honeymoon') period, where he led us to many series wins and also that World Record/Near Record of most wins chasing (something we can't seem to do very well these days).

He was also quite awesome the times that Ganguly was absent, as stand in captain. His bowling changes worked most of the time and field placements were proactive and usually brought wickets. Under him we beat Sri Lanka comprehensively a few times, beat South Africa (iirc), as well as managed plenty of good performances in ODI cricket. The highlight of Dravid's captaincy was defo. the England win in 2007, a real turning point for a depleted team coming off the World Cup loss.

 

[jkartik]

i think we'll see a new thread soon....

"How did MSD lose the job?!"

 

[piriyanth]

^^^^^Lol:laugh

It'll be pretty harsh, if he did lose the captaincy, though.

 

[braguvaran]

i think MSD has been india's saviour for a while now!! and its appalling to see that many people are ready to jump on him and are ungrateful..
Without MSD ,india would have been lying at around 5th in ICC rankings.

 

[jkartik]

i think MSD has been india's saviour for a while now!! and its appalling to see that many people are ready to jump on him and are ungrateful..
Without MSD ,india would have been lying at around 5th in ICC rankings.

without MSD, we woud've been even worse than USA.

 

[drainpipe32]

i think we'll see a new thread soon....

"How did MSD lose the job?!"

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:doh

 

[khalek]

I wonder if Dhoni would have changed his batting style had he not been picked as the captain but this new Dhoni is awesome. Consistency is the only word that describes him and his batting has been one of the key reasons why India have touched the no. 1 ranking for a period of time despite their bowling and fielding woes.

 

[SaiSrini]

I wonder if Dhoni would have changed his batting style had he not been picked as the captain but this new Dhoni is awesome. Consistency is the only word that describes him and his batting has been one of the key reasons why India have touched the no. 1 ranking for a period of time despite their bowling and fielding woes.

His batting has been fantastic. But his recent captaincy decisions and his nature to not support his bowlers and fielders are not good to see. Give them the required support on the field before criticising them in front of the people.

 

[jkartik]

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:doh

by that rationale.....dravid should be in team too.:sarcasm

jkartik added 1 Minutes and 13 Seconds later...

I wonder if Dhoni would have changed his batting style had he not been picked as the captain but this new Dhoni is awesome. Consistency is the only word that describes him and his batting has been one of the key reasons why India have touched the no. 1 ranking for a period of time despite their bowling and fielding woes.

ahemm....we are talking about MSD the captain, no MSD the batsman.