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Dhoni stops short of denying resignation reports

Bangalore, November 22:: A selection controversy rocked the Indian cricket team on Saturday following reports that Mahendra Singh Dhoni had threatened to resign as captain after he had failed to ensure that bowler RP Singh was retained in the side playing the current ODI series against England. On the eve of the fourth ....Read more

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shailBy: shail | Tuesday , 25 Nov '08 13:24:10 PM Reply | Forward This inofrmation about Dhoni wanting to resogn shouldn't have leaked out. Has the BCCI done anything about it?

DhoniBy: ketan | Tuesday , 25 Nov '08 13:19:30 PM Reply | Forward Besides the selectors , dhoni as a captain should be allowed to express his opinion. some internal person has actually leaked out this information which is not correct.

A member of cricket Selection Committee is stooge of media and does not deserve to be in the committee.By: Edie | Monday , 24 Nov '08 23:38:01 PM Reply | Forward BCCI must look into the leak episode. Selection committee has a media stooge who is leaking information for money. This guy is very dangerous for Indian cricket. Find him out and expose in public and ban him for life. This single individual's presence in selection committee will cost India many series and world cup. BCCI and media should be aware of and so is common fans. Most of the fqns have played stupids and jumped to criticise Dhoni when they should have been gunning for propreity and integrity from selection committee members.

Why BCCI asks captains to be a part of the selection if selectors do not need captains input?By: Dinesh | Monday , 24 Nov '08 20:04:23 PM Reply | Forward Dhoni is aboslutely right. You need to give a chance to players to prove themselves. There should not be double standard in the selection. Dravid has not been scoring since three series but is still in test team why? because you want to give him more chances to come up. RP has been out due to injury and did not perform well in two matches he is out why? Why you can not give RP a chance to work out in remaining 3 inconsequential matches. It may do wonders for his confidence. Remember RP has proven himself before and if you are making a team for world cup you need to have 5-6 bowlers just in case one or two of your front line bowlers get injured. Dhoni is absolutely right to demand a team of his choice. Otherwise why you ask captain to be present during selection.

Dhoni stay out By: tina | Monday , 24 Nov '08 16:11:01 PM Reply | Forward Dhoni should be asked to stop interfering and leave it to the selectors to do the job.

let the selectors decideBy: vrisika | Sunday , 23 Nov '08 15:08:23 PM Reply | Forward Dhoni as a captain is great no doubts about it. Selection should solely on merit and performance and no other factors not that dhoni is being blamed for it as we have players from all religious backgrounds in the indian team .Both rp and ip are good It should be left for the selectors to decide who needs to be in accordance to skill.Focus should be more on continuity of winnings .

Lets focusBy: Afzal Ahmed | Sunday , 23 Nov '08 13:29:26 PM Reply | Forward We have a young Captain who had the opportunity to lead our specialist players. He has done well and will do the same in the future. Let all back him up. Forget the differences and move on with new views and stratergies. Dhonie you are the MAN.

CAPTAINBy: CRICKET | Sunday , 23 Nov '08 12:04:14 PM Reply | Forward captain does not select the team------captain has the following duties---1] to toss and decide batting or fielding [2] to decide batting order [3] to make bowling changesm[4] to decide when second new ball is to be taken [5] to decide about declaration. NEITHER THE CAPTAIN IS A SELECTOR NOR IS HE BOARD SECRETARY----IF CAPTAIN DECIDES THE TEAM WHY 5 SELECTORS ARE REQUIRED? MOREOVER THIS WILL GIVE RISE TO SYCOPANCY the team is winning because of selectors--THEY HAVE CHOSEN THE RIGHT COMBINATION.[as vijay merchant did in 1971]

captains roleBy: Edie | Monday , 24 Nov '08 20:06:55 PM Reply | Forward Then why call captain during selection if his voice is not heard?

so be itBy: Prakash | Sunday , 23 Nov '08 11:54:29 AM Reply | Forward If Dhoni thinks he cannot accept the team he is given and has the cheek to threaten resignation, he could do this again. Maybe people have been giving this guy too much credit and now its gone to his brain.

Religious CriketBy: Afzal Ahmed | Sunday , 23 Nov '08 10:37:16 AM Reply | Forward Its unfortunate that some of my fellow indians felt that Dhoni had special interest in RP or was against Irfan. He is one of the best captains we have had and his stratergies are different than the others. Our selectors are very old fashioned and we need change. come on man.... what do you mean Dhonie is against muslims? he plays along with Khan, Munaf, YPatan. Does it matter what is any indian players religion. What it matters is our term win. So let the best Indians play.

great postBy: Dinesh | Monday , 24 Nov '08 20:08:31 PM Reply | Forward Great Posting. Stupids should learn from this post.

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