I am sure the selection committee has more experience in cricket than me but I don't think Dhoni should have been given this responsibility at this point in time because he is in the early stages of his career and if he gets affected by the pressures of captaincy, it may have a bad effect on his career. If greats like Sachin can get affected then it is more than likely Dhoni would especially when he has not stamped his mark on the game as yet and been inconsistent. I hope he proves me wrong though. I am also worried that since he has years of cricket left in him he would end up being a puppet in the hands of BCCI and the selectors as he would be too scared about his future to go against them even if they are wrong. He should nave been made the captain once he proved he was indispensible to the board. If someone like Sachin was made the captain he would be able to go against anything the board does wrong because he knows he cannot be removed from the team because of his performance.
RE:Too early in his career to be captain...
by Frank Opinion on Sep 18, 2007 06:45 PM Permalink
Hats off to you. Perhaps you are the first Bengali from whom I have read mature comments with no mention of ganguly. just go below and read what other comrades have said - how can a bengali play under a bihari and biharis clean toilet at kolkata. Being a retired defence officer, it pains to read such comments. we never thought who was commanding us- a malayali or a punjabi. national duty had to be done at any cost. if we cant rise above regionalism, then why blame vengsarkar for picking up agarkar regularly
RE:Too early in his career to be captain...
by paul on Sep 18, 2007 06:51 PM Permalink
you keep calling Ganguly an all-time great captain, pls look at the records, most of his wins & runs have come against the minnows. Out of his 22 ODI centuries, half of it is against the minnows. He has overseas Test wins against Zimbabawe & Bangladesh. Dravid has contributed a lot to his success as a captain in the wins in Australia . Be clear of the facts
RE:Too early in his career to be captain...
by Sanjay Krishna on Sep 18, 2007 06:43 PM Permalink
DO not worry, Bihar and Biharis are good leaders. Actually they are born leaders and that you can see in their personality, see all Important ministory, burocrats , key position in govt etc. Dhoni is the same. He will perform well, and lead India in a new era.
RE:Too early in his career to be captain...
by Hindustani in OZ on Sep 18, 2007 06:49 PM Permalink
im 100 % positive dhoni will do well ... look at his body language ... full of confidence.
