*Official* New Zealand in India 2010

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So Dhoni was previously criticized for defensive captaincy, and is now being criticized for attacking captaincy (buying Southee's wicket by keeping the spinners on and encouraging him to hit). Seems he can't win.

 

[BeeGee]

Dan has bowled 1 good over out of 6 so far. Just not good enough from the NZ captain.

 

[Shri]

Sehwag scoring at a ridiculous rate here. Should have a good lead by tea if he stays.

 

[Flem274*]

Holy ****, we got a wicket!

 

[Shri]

Holy ****, we got a wicket!

Dan could be injured though.

 

[BeeGee]

This bowling is absolute rubbish. Very disappointing.

 

[Jono]

So Dhoni was previously criticized for defensive captaincy, and is now being criticized for attacking captaincy (buying Southee's wicket by keeping the spinners on and encouraging him to hit). Seems he can't win.

Lol, so true.

Fact is, Dhoni does not lose many matches despite having a bowling attack that ranges from poor to pretty good, and a batting lineup that is no different to what Ganguly, Dravid and Kumble had... yet he gets much better results.

 

[Shri]

Sehwag and Sachin did not have such an awesome purple patch when Ganguly/Kumble/Dravid were captains.

 

[_Ed_]

But Dravid did.

 

[Jono]

Sehwag and Sachin did not have such an awesome purple patch when Ganguly/Kumble/Dravid were captains.

Sehwag was gunning it pretty hard from 2003-04, and Dravid was the best test batsman in the word from 2002-2005.

Ganguly, Kumble and Dravid also had Kumble as a bowler! Dhoni has never had him.

 

[M0rphin3]

Sehwag and Sachin did not have such an awesome purple patch when Ganguly/Kumble/Dravid were captains.

That's mainly due to stronger oppositions tbh. And Sehwag debuted under ganguly, so lack of experience too probably was a factor.

 

[G.I.Joe]

IMO, the most telling difference is that Dhoni is the only one who doesn't have Kumble bowling for him. That is such a massive disadvantage.

Ganguly had both Kumble and Srinath.

 

[M0rphin3]

Sehwag was gunning it pretty hard from 2003-04, and Dravid was the best test batsman in the word from 2002-2005.

Ganguly, Kumble and Dravid also had Kumble as a bowler! Dhoni has never had him.

There's no need of kumble because already India lack competition - almost all the greats from their respective teams have retired and India still have Sach, Dravid, VVS. Add an inform Zaheer and you have a gun team IMO.

 

[_Ed_]

Strange stuff from Tendulkar.

 

[Jono]

He looks fidgety

 

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good line and length by mckay here

 

[Blaze 18]

Sourav Ganguly had siginificantly weaker opening batsmen and far worse fast bowling resources than MS Dhoni. The former did have a Rahul Dravid at his peak, but he also had to make do with a Sachin Tendulkar who, at that time, was a mere shadow of his former self. Compare that to MS Dhoni who has Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman all in prime form.

 

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this is 4th time he has got hit on flash

 

[Jono]

VVS Laxman's form was fine in 2002-2005.

 

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kiwis giving sachin short ball practice