Guys and Girls,If we talk about Dhoni and cricket now, all we remember is our win in the Inaugural Twenty20, success of IPL and most important of all, the fabulous crushing win against the mighty australians..
But,
Those who watch cricket for the past 15 years will observe that our Men In Blue face many ups and downs.. Many historic wins and many cleansweeps.. Many nail biting excitements and many insulting defeats.. Right from Krishnamachari Srikaanth to Rahul Dravid, team India was never steady.. In 2003, under the bengal tiger Saurav Ganguly's leadership, we went to the finals, only to receive an insulting treatment from the Oz..(We might have proudly said that we lost to no team other than Oz in the world Cup).. Our players returned as heroes despite losing the cup.. But what happened in the next World Cup? We suffered defeat in the hands of the Bangladeshis, who (pardon me for saying this), are not even worthy of playing Test Cricket.. What did we do? Burn their pictures? Damage their properties? That was done before they returned to India.. What we did after that? What should have been done after that? A committee should be formed to analyse the cause of the defeat and players should be paid based on their performance.. Player's commitment to ads should be reduced.. What have we done?
Instead of doing this, we convinced ourselves by saying that EVEN PAKISTAN LOST TO IRELAND, WHICH HAS NOT EVEN PLAYED INTERNATIONAL CRICKET BEFORE WORLD CUP.. Is this the corrct way? Pakistan's coach has been murdered and we sacked our coach.. Does that mean that only the coach is responsible for our defeat? If we win matches, it is because of the player's talent and if we lose, it is because of the coach's inefficiency.. Sounds stupid isn't it? Thats what happening here..
Before Dhoni came in, it was rahul dravid who was keeping wickets, which he is not professionally capable for.. Thats the first cause of our defeat.. Second, we were not playing as a unit.. There would always be two separate unions, with seniors like sachin, dravid and ganguly on one side and the highly athletic youth on the other.. Shouldn't they play as a team to win matches? The third reason is that we were depending on only one player to win for us.. Sachin Tendulkar.. not once or twice, but for the past 15 years.. If Sachin is the only match winner for us, then why were the others in the team? If we find solutions for these three problems, it will become easier for us to win..
When Dhoni took over from Dravid, the team was in a state of collapse.. The first thing he did is bringing the team together as a unit.. He had a chat with all the members of the team and solved their problems and mis-understandings.. He is a naturally talented player with outstanding capabilities.. And now, focus and pressure shifted from Sachin to Dhoni, Yuvraj and many other youngsters..
He coordinates with the team members and is always COOL!! even at pressure times.. This is just the starting of a famous legend.. Do wait for him and expect more.. I had the privilege of meeting him near a Gym.. Such a handsome guy, he attracts everyone..(especially teen age girls)
Most interesting of all is that he was a football player in his school.. One day, when the school cricket team's keeper was not well,he came as a replacement.. From then, he shifted his attention to Cricket.. Once he even challenged his friends that he will not cut his hair till he books a place in the International Team.. Such was his dedication to the game.. Unless you are Sanjay Singhania, you cannot forget his Blitzkreig knock of 183 against Sri Lanka.. No wicket keeper, not even the great Adam Gilchrist has ever scored those many runs in an innings.. He can even roll his arms over.. No wonder the people of Ranchi planned to build a Temple for him..
He is calm and composed.. Let us all pray for him and Team India to win its series against New Zealand.. Do see regular updates during India matches..
As rightly posted Dhoni is now the face of TEAM INDIA... great goin Dhoni... ur training with me has finally paid off....
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