I think this is a sad day for cricket fans really, a great player in MS Dhoni has retired from test cricket and i think he will retire from ODI cricket after world cup, for me MS is ranked up there with the cricketing greats in, Bradman, Pollocks, Viv Richards, Barry Richards, Muralitharan, Warne, Lara, Tendulkar, Sangakara, Mahela. MS Dhoni for me also go down has the best wicketkeeper batsman ever, he take batting to a new level with some shots players could only dream of playing.
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MS Dhoni tribute thread
- Thread starter slippy888
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Victor Ian
International Coach
Hey! Let's be real. Dhoni seems like a nice guy. He seemed to have the respect of the Indian team and led them to some great victories, but he is not in the class of any of those guys you have mentioned. Yes, he was a very good keeper/batsman, but for me, Gilchrist was better. Don't turn your tribute into a joke by overstating what Dhoni was.
Dhoni was a very good keeper/batsman. It will be sad to see him gone as I always felt he added something to the Indian team that went beyond his personal figures and beyond his captaincy, which to be honest, was nothing special. Yet, somehow, I suspect he must have been a good motivator, or a nice balancing effect. When he joined the team, suddenly, India seemed to start winning more. They reached number one in the world test rankings, won a ODI world cup and a T20 World cup. So he had something special - whatever it was.
Dhoni was a very good keeper/batsman. It will be sad to see him gone as I always felt he added something to the Indian team that went beyond his personal figures and beyond his captaincy, which to be honest, was nothing special. Yet, somehow, I suspect he must have been a good motivator, or a nice balancing effect. When he joined the team, suddenly, India seemed to start winning more. They reached number one in the world test rankings, won a ODI world cup and a T20 World cup. So he had something special - whatever it was.
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I'm quite happy to accept that as a teammate and fellow human being MS Dhoni is an All Time Great - but decent player that he was he certainly wasn't as a batsman or 'keeper
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Quality post, if he was retiring from ODIs. But in tests, none of the above is even remotely true, sorry.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
i think dhoni is a pretty cool guy. eh sets bants fields and doesn't afraid of anything.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Low intelligence.
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Thought you were refreshingly unconcerned.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
3rd highest score by a keeper (behind a couple of decent players in Flower and Sanga) & highest score by a keeper against Australia. The bloke is no Watling, but who is? Fairly useful odi player too.
Shame he could never buy a pace attack for India like he could for CSK.
Shame he could never buy a pace attack for India like he could for CSK.
ok, I got done for irony there. Well played.