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Mettle detector

And so it has begun. Until yesterday a born leader, a man with the Midas touch, a talisman whose mere presence ensured success in far away lands — from South Africa to Australia, Sri Lanka to New Zealand — is today the villain of the piece. Arrogant, brash, disconnected from reality, he’s gone   ....Read more

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Dhoni got what he deservedBy: Mani Thangadurai | Wednesday , 24 Jun '09 10:20:31 AM Reply | Forward I have never been a fan of Dhoni either as a cricketer or as a leader, and feel that this is the kick up the backside he rightly deserves given that he didn't have the courtesy to support Anil Kumble when his predecessor as leader was being unfairly criticised in the press so close to his retirement. Even as a batsman his supposedly great performances have been few and far between. He certainly did not do things at all well in this tournament, but I agree that the reaction of the media on the whole was over the top. For what it's worth he is still the man to lead India, but it's partly because there's no-one else who can be considered for the job. Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh may have sharp cricketing brains but I don't rate them as leaders of men. Maybe Gautam Gambhir could be groomed to take up the job in the near future!
MS Dhoni is born out of media hypeBy: venkat | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 18:16:14 PM Reply | Forward Yes, I agree with you Andrew. MS Dhoni is born out of media hype. All these days things came to him and the team is in good form. People and media talk about his captaining brilliance and named it "Stroke of Genius". Kumble is always a better captain than Dhoni and the way Kumble handled the sydney crisis is awesome and no other captain could have done that. I bet.
He is no show ponyBy: Ramesh | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 14:23:09 PM Reply | Forward Hey Andrew,Forget about Dhoni and worry about your sorry ar*e team, whose cricketers are glorified, as the new saviors of the world, for winning one match in 2 years against a good opposition.
Dhoni over-rated?By: Andrew | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 12:33:06 PM Reply | Forward Its funny looking at the treatment of Dhoni from outside India. He has never done anything truly special but he is held in the highest regard, almost god like where no one dare say anything against him. I always thought he was a bit of a show pony. Especially when he took his pads off and decided to bowl in a test match in england. It just said "Hey, look how good and clever i am everyone". It will be interesting to see how he copes when people are questioning his skills. In Australia he did nothing differently to Anil Kumble but when Kumble was captaining it was according to indian fans "defensive" and as soon as Dhoni took voer and did the same thing "bold and aggressive". At least he got rid of his showpony long hair.
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