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    Dhoni’s finger-pointing puts team in a pickle

    The India skipper made it clear that the current side will always remain behind when it comes to fielding.

    Sachin Tendulkar fields on the boundary at the Adelaide Oval. (Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)


    By Ajit Vijaykumar



    Brisbane (Mail Today): There is no place to hide in international cricket, especially when your captain points a finger at you in public. After being ripped apart by Australia in their tri-series match here on Sunday, the Indians were left to lick their wounds. Sadly, they had to do it while enduring admonishment from MS Dhoni.

    In the post-match press conference, Dhoni made it clear that the current side will always remain behind when it comes to fielding and that Australia and Sri Lanka will exploit the massive drawback. And he took names.

    “It’s not only these three players (Tendulkar, Sehwag and Gambhir) that we are talking about. We also have quite a few other players who are slow on the field. It (playing them together) will just add on to that, and we will be left with just two or three good fielders. These are not bad fielders, but in these conditions with big outfields, they are slightly on the slower side. Once the ball goes to them, the Australians or the Sri Lankans will try to exploit them, by taking twos and threes. It will put more pressure on their body,” he said.

    The senior members of the Indian team aren’t used to such name-calling in team meetings, let alone in public. While he has been known to call it as he sees it, the captain is now letting loose his views left, right and centre. The danger of such assessments is that it alienates players. There is a sharp edge to the frankness of Dhoni and it is cutting the wrong way.

    India were never known for their fielding and with the number of passengers in the side, runs were never going to be stopped. The team is fiddling with a rotation policy and not filling the side with youngsters so as to provide stability. In the process, the youngsters have been given a free reign, and the seniors stationed on a merry-go-round. The not-so-old brigade too hasn’t set the stage alight with its fielding. So if there are only three or four good fielders in the squad, Dhoni’s angst seems unwarranted.

    The Indian side didn’t arrive at this juncture from a time capsule. The management knew what lay ahead when they proceeded with the likes of Sehwag, Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan on the big outfields here. So if it pains Dhoni so much, it would be advisable to play a young team. If not, keep going.


    Reproduced From Mail Today. Copyright 2012. MTNPL. All rights reserved.

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    73 comments

    • leela  •  2 months ago
      Sehwag did a great mistake by allowing Raina and Kohli in last over so that India stands No.3 in the tri series. Let us hope he will realise his mistake and hope for the best
      • Hameed 2 months ago
        dhoni can play as a number third batsman in the team definitely sehwag and sachin is going to prove their talents in the upcoming matches, and irfan pathan is a right choice for india team
      • Hameed 2 months ago
        in place of rohit sharma we can play with yusuf pathan who can hit those in the final overs
    • suraj  •  Kottayam, Kerala  •  2 months ago
      shouldn't manoj thriwary given a chance
    • Rajeev  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  2 months ago
      One rotten mango spoils the crate! Sehwag has proved that he is not worthy captain but also an opener. He has failed in most matches including world cup final..He and Sachin have failed to deliver! Time has come for both of them to retire from Indian Cricket! They should retire on their own instead being sacked!
      • karthikeyan 2 months ago
        you stupid if sachin didnt played well means india wouldnt have enter into the world cup final.
        have you saw the world cup matched?
      • Humming 2 months ago
        I think rajeev lost his memory power..
      • Madesh P 2 months ago
        speak abt the present,,, fa gett the damn past...
    • Maj  •  Nottingham, United Kingdom  •  2 months ago
      BCCI is not a Government body and it has nothing to do with representing India, It's a private commercial body, they can name the name of their team as TEAM INDIA. Any one can start his/her own Cricket Board but to be able to do that you have to be the part of the dirty politics for approval and also compete with some dirty and money minded politicians who are the part of BCCI for years.... Hatts Off Shinning India..!!!
    • salman  •  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  •  2 months ago
      In my view MS Dhoni & his teamate are disappointed with the way the team is performing Australia tour.
      My Suggestion is that to Indian teammate that do your best & play positive thats it and don't concentrate on rumours.just concentrate on game everything will be alright.
      We are the champions not the losers.
    • A oridinary citizen  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  2 months ago
      Drop Sehwag immediately and ask him to retire from odi and u will see all delhi players will fall on line. What wrong if dhoni is honest to tell that all these 3 players are slow in filed. he is not questioning their honesty. Sehwag is dying to get the captancy from dhoni and adopting all method, including playing careless shots, and planning to defeat indian cricket team. For god sake remove him.
    • Raja  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  2 months ago
      I request BCCI that, please arrange matches with Bangladesh, Kenya, Afganisthan & Zimbabwe, so that our players will come back to form immediately.
      • A Yahoo! User 2 months ago
        attaining form in this way is better than stop playing cricket and sit at home with their respective families and play only once in a year i.e IPL
      • Anand 2 months ago
        also allows sachin to complete his long due 100th 100..
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh  •  2 months ago
      the only senior pro that has impressed in this series is zaheer and dhoni ......these 2 always have a plan for future.zak has always been giving necessary advice to youngsters when its most needed on the field.thats y our bowling department has been so impressive on the field.he put his body on the line in the field and took the wickets when its most need.that is a perfect example of a senior player and being an inspiration to younger players.......these things has been missing in sehwag and sachin.if ur senior pro fails.how will ur junior pro gain confidence when they bat.if there is no perfect basement at d beginning how can u plan 4 big one.
      • siva sankara vara prasad 2 months ago
        how dhoni impressed in ths tour. what is about test series?. Ending two matches by stretching to 50 overs (main contributor is gambhir in these two matches) is it considered to be good performance?. what happened to his heroism when the total is around 290 against australia? His performance as keeper is very very bad?. Then how can we say he is impressive?.
        why people are commenting about sachin?. does he told any time that he want to make 100th international hundred?.
        Dhoni is culprit for all these things.
    • evan  •  2 months ago
      sehwag wants to give the captaincy, to his buddy gauti, that is the reason why sehwag, sachin and gauti are not performing to put pressure on Dhoni, they are not professionals, they could not win the world cup all this years, Dhoni, yuvi, raina did it for them. they should take it as a gift. we miss yuvi.
    • MaCoy  •  2 months ago
      Bullshit rotation policy,ek buddahe ko nikalkar dusre ko chance dena.........when the youngsters will get into yhe team...We visulise 2015, better hurry up u BCCI (sic)
    • Hameed  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  2 months ago
      this is the right time for india to react more so definitely they should win the upcoming two matches
    • Yahoo user  •  Dallas, United States  •  2 months ago
      it seems like the slow players are all children of nawab pataudi (long time ago, the indian captain, pataudi, had the reputation of not even chase the ball if it went past him).
      • krishnamohan 2 months ago
        Wrong. I have watched Tiger Pataudi not just chase but stop it with his cap. There hardly ever had been a ball that he chased and the ball crossed the boundry line. (Stopping with cap has become unacceptable now). I am 62 yrs and have watched Nawab of Pataudi since he was playing only Ranji Trophy much before joing the Indian Team.
      • JAWWAD KHAN 2 months ago
        Mr. Hameed, please do not comment if you do not have the knowledge of the subject. Pataudi had been given the title of 'tiger' as he used to stopr the cricket ball like a tiger while fielding.
    • Yahoo user  •  Dallas, United States  •  2 months ago
      BREAKING NEWS.... To prove that there is no rift in the Indian team, ALL players (both the performing and the out-of-form non-performing players), the coaches, the team managers, the selection committee members were seen hugging and kissing each other EVEN AFTER shameful losses. Later, they all voluntarily resigned saying that they know that there are better players out there in India who should now get a chance to represent India.
    • Sunny  •  Nagpur, Maharashtra  •  2 months ago
      WHY ARE YOU WORRYING GUYS. THIS IS NOT THE TEAM OF OUR MOTHER LAND INDIA, BUT THE TEAM OF CLUB BCCI AS HAS BEEN STATED BY THEM DURING THE QUESTION OF BRINGING THEM UNDER RTI. WE HAVE MADE CRICKET SO GOOD, BUT TIME HAS COME TO GOOD BYE THIS GAME UNTIL THEY ACCEPT THAT IT IS THE TEAM INDIA.
    • CCNA  •  2 months ago
      GET uNITED TEAM INDIA AND FCK OTHER TEAM NOT ITSELF!!
    • Jayagopi  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  2 months ago
      what's the difference between dhoni and nasser hussain(Donkey issue)..It's sad tat a captain lets his teamates down during a press conference...He could have said something..
    • Prakash  •  2 months ago
      Dhoni, you are the leader of the team. So you need to bravely select the best team. If seniors fail to perform, drop them for a game or two. Give Monaj Tiwari at least two games. If you can't select proper team then you need to stay away from selection or captaincy.
    • surendra  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  2 months ago
      This is high time that our senior players must pack up their baggage. Lot must have gone through Dhoni's mind before uttering such statement. It must have become totally unberable for him waiting for Tendulkar MAHA SATAK. BCCI too is adding to the drama. Someone has to bell the CAT. He has done that & make become scapegoat very soon....
    • manish  •  2 months ago
      what is this yaar..i just respect sachin for everything related to cricket. he is great player and he still can do it. i know..he should only himself decide his future..and he should be respected by all..this cricket surviving because of him..and this dhoni is no one to say anything bad about him..it is like sayind bad thing about a person who is worthwhile of respect...dhoni u are no one to say it..world cup was not becose of u..it was becoz of team..people support for saching..for reason of good
    • kumar  •  Gurgaon, Haryana  •  2 months ago
      If Senior players are slow.. Dhoni Should keep them within the 30yard cirlce. instead of putting them on boundaries to make sure maximum are saved and throw comes in fast. To Say that Seniors are slow is not acceptable.. Mahi Himself while keeping is not very fluent which was seen in this Ongoing Series. So one should think. Rotation Policy only distrubs your Bounding as a Team, Regular changes will always lead to downfall. Its a Team Effort not single handed Effort.

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