Dhoni aur Johnny !
Dhoni and Johnny ??????? Seems quite rhymic right folks ...
Well , Mahendra Singh Dhoni , the current ODI Captain of the Indian cricket team is in news for quite a few reasons . Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut. But slowly with improved performances and with some breath taking innings in Pakistan he cemented his place in ODI Team . For his consistent performances , he was rewarded by BCCI and was asked to lead the team in 20 20 World Cup . He did not succumb to pressure and lead India to win the inaugral World Cup . As soon as Dravid stepped down from captaincy citing personal reasons , Dhoni was asked to lead the ODI team as well . He led well in the Pakistan tour to India , but when he went to Down Under ( Australian Tour ) he was heavily criticised for his batting ability during the Test Series and the current ongoing Tri-Series .
He left out Sachin Tendulkar from the one off 20 20 vs Australia and had to pay heavy price since India was bundled out for 74 and lost the match . When asked why did he leave the Maestro , he replied " I asked him whether he wanted to practice for the IPL match and he said no, he wanted to have a break and I said: Yeah, that's good for you."
In the 1st ODI between India and Australia , the little master was out in an unusual manner . First time in his career he was out hit - wicket ' . To this Dhoni replied ," yes , it was disappointing to see him getting out in that manner but now he is only left with one kind of dismissal to get out and that is handling the ball ."
In the same ODI when he asked why did he prefer to chose Manoj Tiwary who had just landed the previous day ahead of seasoned campaigners like Suresh Raina and Dinesh karthick he replied " My inner voice prompted me to call him in.” This was his intution infact .
In the 2nd ODI between India and Sri lanka , when India slumped to 84 / 4 every one was praying to the rain god to save the match . One of the buzzers at cricbuzz.com commented that even if rain god will save the match , Dhoni would come up with an argument saying " My intution told me that I would score 100 and we would win the match " . Even though he and Gambhir saved India from the blushes by scoring 88 and 102 respectively , India at that stage were really reeling and no one would have expected India to bounce back and post some respectable total .
These kind of emotions and remarks would never get him applaud and praise from his fans ( including me ) . In India , Cricket is a religion . And the devotees of this game are so passionate that they would take some one to the peak of this world and the very next day they would bring their hero down . This can be proved by one of the comments quoted as under :
When India is in dire straits :
When India smells a chance of victory :
" Rain rain go away , little Dhoni wants to play ! "
Well , Mahendra Singh Dhoni , the current ODI Captain of the Indian cricket team is in news for quite a few reasons . Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut. But slowly with improved performances and with some breath taking innings in Pakistan he cemented his place in ODI Team . For his consistent performances , he was rewarded by BCCI and was asked to lead the team in 20 20 World Cup . He did not succumb to pressure and lead India to win the inaugral World Cup . As soon as Dravid stepped down from captaincy citing personal reasons , Dhoni was asked to lead the ODI team as well . He led well in the Pakistan tour to India , but when he went to Down Under ( Australian Tour ) he was heavily criticised for his batting ability during the Test Series and the current ongoing Tri-Series .
He left out Sachin Tendulkar from the one off 20 20 vs Australia and had to pay heavy price since India was bundled out for 74 and lost the match . When asked why did he leave the Maestro , he replied " I asked him whether he wanted to practice for the IPL match and he said no, he wanted to have a break and I said: Yeah, that's good for you."
In the 1st ODI between India and Australia , the little master was out in an unusual manner . First time in his career he was out hit - wicket ' . To this Dhoni replied ," yes , it was disappointing to see him getting out in that manner but now he is only left with one kind of dismissal to get out and that is handling the ball ."
In the same ODI when he asked why did he prefer to chose Manoj Tiwary who had just landed the previous day ahead of seasoned campaigners like Suresh Raina and Dinesh karthick he replied " My inner voice prompted me to call him in.” This was his intution infact .
In the 2nd ODI between India and Sri lanka , when India slumped to 84 / 4 every one was praying to the rain god to save the match . One of the buzzers at cricbuzz.com commented that even if rain god will save the match , Dhoni would come up with an argument saying " My intution told me that I would score 100 and we would win the match " . Even though he and Gambhir saved India from the blushes by scoring 88 and 102 respectively , India at that stage were really reeling and no one would have expected India to bounce back and post some respectable total .
These kind of emotions and remarks would never get him applaud and praise from his fans ( including me ) . In India , Cricket is a religion . And the devotees of this game are so passionate that they would take some one to the peak of this world and the very next day they would bring their hero down . This can be proved by one of the comments quoted as under :
When India is in dire straits :
" Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni,Plz leave the team and save us from agony; I'll give some money and please get rid of your pony , you play no better than next door johnny .. Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni " .
When India smells a chance of victory :
" Rain rain go away , little Dhoni wants to play ! "
posted by Munna / Rakesh @ 5:21 PM,
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