centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
India's home dominance was kick started by change in pitches and change in mindset, not necessarily because of Ashwin and Jadeja imho
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MS Dhoni vs Virat Kohli
- Thread starter Thala_0710
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Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
That is true for the sense that pitches were more spin friendly hence more result oriented. But the fact that we were winning most of these games, imo the biggest reasons were Ash and Jadeja.
Also we were winning most series prior to that from 2004 onwards, just drawing a few in there.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Yeah this, good bowlers win matches.
capt_Luffy
International Coach
@Thala_0710 I will take Kohli definitely for 2 reasons:
1) Dhoni was way too defensive at times.
2) Kohli backed pacers more
1) Dhoni was way too defensive at times.
2) Kohli backed pacers more
sayon basak
International Captain
Where would you place Dhoni as a captain in the LOI's?
Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
I agree with both of this. And it's fine if anyone takes Kohli tbh. I liked him as a test captain, much more than his white ball captaincy. I prefer Dhoni for his tactical nous, which I feel gets downplayed in red ball cricket.
I knew Dhoni would lose this poll badly, my only motive was to raise the point that he gets criticised too unfairly quite often.
Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
Out of the ones I've seen he is the best imo (so basically the last 20-25 years approx).
Tougher for me to compare him to others like Taylor, Lloyd etc
Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
@capt_Luffy @sayon basak top 10 lists for LOI captaincy?
sayon basak
International Captain
Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
I'm assuming he is typing it up right about this moment.
sayon basak
International Captain
He is not that stupid. Pretty sure he has a notepad for this. He'll just copy paste from there.
FTR he is a data scientist.
capt_Luffy
International Coach
Comparing captaincy is always a tough thing to do really, especially for those whose career I haven't followed. I agree with Dhoni being the best I have seen as well. Now for a Top 10, I will go:
Arjuna Ranatunga
MS Dhoni
Clive Lloyd
Imran Khan
Martin Crowe
Kapil Dev
Allan Border (don't know how to separate his impact from Tests really)
Sourav Ganguly
Stephen Fleming
Ricky Ponting (2 WCs)