Are the canny Indian selectors setting up Dhoni by making him the captain?? If he fails with the bat, his keeping is not good enough to merit a place in the team!! Are there vested interests that want to push him out and make Dinesh Karthick the keeper in the long run??
There is no other plausible explanation for bypassing Yuvraj and handing ovet the captaincy on a platter to Dhoni!! Yuvraj made his debut in 2000 and MSD made his in 2005!! This seems highly bizarre to me!! If you don't want one of the old brigade to captain the ODI side, you coulds atleast have gone with Yuvi or Sehwag or Harbhajan!! This might be the beginning of the end for Dhoni!! Cos if the intentions of the selectors were really noble, they would not have had Karthick in the team, snapping at the heels of Dhoni!! Anyday, you would want to go with an extra batsman like Rohit Sharma or Raina or even go with an allrounder like Yousuf Pathan or Joginder Sharma!! The selection of Karthick furtehr reinforces my thinking process that MSD is being set up nicely!! The day is not far off when he will be branded as a pure 20-20 cricketer!! With Karthick donning the gloves in Tests and Uthappa in ODIs!!
RE:Are the selectors setting up Dhoni??
by Whistle Blower on Sep 19, 2007 06:08 AM Permalink
He can reject the offer anyway... is there any compulsion.... ??
RE:Are the selectors setting up Dhoni??
by Diptarka Gohain on Sep 19, 2007 09:01 AM Permalink
At present form and experience i think Yuvraj alone deserbs acptaincy... hes d best person to handle pressure situation and equally is aggressive....
RE:Are the selectors setting up Dhoni??
by Nandakumar TanjoreRajendran on Sep 19, 2007 05:59 AM Permalink
Mr.Spitting Cobra, Please this straight into your head. Yuvi was not given captaincy coz of deciplinary actions. Sehwag and Harbajan are not permanent members in the team so they cant be given.
Will you give captaincy to someone who is not certain to play in the team
RE:Are the selectors setting up Dhoni??
by Spitting Cobra on Sep 19, 2007 06:11 AM Permalink
I think i need to ram a few facts into your head!!!! First of all don't assume that MSD is a certainty for a long time!! things change very fast in Indian cricket!! Secondly, it is a question of who is more deserving and on that count, Yuvraj singh is much more deserving than MSD, simply due to his greater experience at the highest level!! If at all Yuvraj has not been given the captaincy for some disciplinary reason, then it is one more indication of the unprofessional approach of the BCCI!! If Yuvi has certain disciplinary issues related to his interntaional career, then it can be understood, denying him the captaincy just cos of a few trangressions in his personal life is carrying it a bit too far!!
RE:Are the selectors setting up Dhoni??
by Nandakumar TanjoreRajendran on Sep 19, 2007 06:53 AM Permalink
Hey idiot, do you know why flintoff was dropped from captaincy. Its just the same reason why yuvraj did not become captain
RE:Are the selectors setting up Dhoni??
by Spitting Cobra on Sep 19, 2007 06:37 AM Permalink
BCCI is crap, but i must admit that finally they showed the courage to drop useless agarkar and unfit Munaf Patel! Seriously, Indian cricket is going nowhere with unfit guys and guys like Agarkar who are clearly over the hill.....
RE:Are the selectors setting up Dhoni??
by Dhosa on Sep 19, 2007 06:59 AM Permalink
I bet you the reason was "a few trangressions in his personal life". Although he probably was a deserving candidate, such personal thing gets in to the account. This is just because he is going to lead the Indian national team.
