Monday, 19 October 2015

There is still something left in the tank

As the title says 'there is still something left in the tank' for MS Dhoni in his international career. He has been facing a lot of criticism from media because of India's poor performance in the series against Bangladesh and now the T20 series against the proteas. Everyone was questioning him about his failure to score quickly with the bat and  his inability as captain. But Dhoni has answers to all those questions not with the words but through his performance. It was 14th of October. India won the toss and chose to bat. India did not have the best of starts with Indian top order fall with not much of a contribution. Dhoni came to bat in the 19th over with India reeling at 89 for 3 but conditions even worsened when India was brought down to 126 for 6. Then what we saw was just  vintage Dhoni at its real best smacking an incredible 92 with 8 short of a well deserved ton. What was great to see was that even after finishing the innings with a six Dhoni ran back to the dressing room without showing a lot of emotions. But that's how MS Dhoni is. He knew that the job was half done and wanted to show his importance in the team with his captaincy as well. He was exceptional in his captaincy with bowling changes, field placements as a result won his 1st man of the match after 27 months.
What I think is that this is exactly how  you silence the critics not with words but with actions. As they all say 'actions speak louder than words'. Dhoni is great and you cannot just show him disrespect just because of some failures in his career. We should be very proud of whatever he has achieved for our country rather than criticizing him. As Brian Lara has said in one of his interview is that ' Dhoni plays for his country not for the critics'. Now this statement makes him great as a player. Dhoni 'you beauty' as Ravi Shastri used to say in the commentary box is really true in its real sense. After such a tremendous performance it would be great to see how Dhoni performs in the upcoming matches.

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