Sunday, August 17, 2014

Dhoni, Team India and Test Matches

1) "it does not matter if we lose in 3 days or 5 days. a loss is a loss"
when the next two days were washed out by rain

2) "progress is important than results"
India's last 5 inns: Southampton 2nd inns - 178 (66.4). Manchester - 152 (46.4). 161 (43). Oval - 148 (61.1). 2nd 94 (29.2). No, Not in the reverse order.

3) "kohli is middling the ball well" - in his daydreams ?

4) "two extra days to rest" - Positives from the 3 day loss. I'm sure he was joking. wasn't the right time and guess what? The team actually took that positive seriously!

5) Most EPIC one - "Don't be so jealous of IPL."
when asked if some of the players might want to miss the IPL and work on their Test games. Seriously? what kind of a test team captain talk about IPL when his team has lost a series without a fight ?

Dhoni as a batsman - The only positive apart from bhuvi this series.
Dhoni as a captain - Could he have done better, given the awesome top order of india ? I don't think so.
Dhoni as a wicketkeeper - Worrying signs
Dhoni as a guy who's supposed to talk - Pathetic, for the lack of a more degrading word

Given the level of enthusiasm dhoni shows for test matches, i can't see why he continues to remain in the test side.

No matter what happened, Friends and Families of the indian players will be waiting for them. Guess who else is waiting for them ?



"Get Ready for a broken fucking arm"

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