Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced his retirement from his role as captain of the Indian limited overs side (while still being available for selection as a player). He had retired from Tests (and thereby given up captaincy) during the away tour in Australia in December 2014. He has led India in 60 Tests (27 wins, 15 draws, 18 losses), 199 ODIs (110 wins and 74 losses) and 73 T20Is (41 wins and 28 losses). He was at the helm when India were number one ranked Test side in 2009; led them to a world cup victory in 2011 at home, and gatecrashed the sport as the leader of the T20 side in 2007 winning the inaugural edition of WT20.
Dhoni's achievements as the wicket-keeper batsman that held the post of captain, for so long, in a nation that is so cricket mad, where every win is praised to the heavens and every loss gets panned roundly, will have few rivals, if any, around the sporting world, let alone in cricket. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his relinquishing of captaincy from all formats for India is the end of an era.
For all of Dhoni's accomplishments as India's captain, his methods were limited. He was more keen to draw the opposition in to a staring contest, and had the wherewithals to hold his own more often in not blinking first. He was a master at pushing a game to the last over, to the last run, to the last ball and had the confidence that his ability to handle human frailties of feeling the pressure of the situation would win out over the opponents'.
Source:Firstpost
Dhoni's achievements as the wicket-keeper batsman that held the post of captain, for so long, in a nation that is so cricket mad, where every win is praised to the heavens and every loss gets panned roundly, will have few rivals, if any, around the sporting world, let alone in cricket. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his relinquishing of captaincy from all formats for India is the end of an era.
For all of Dhoni's accomplishments as India's captain, his methods were limited. He was more keen to draw the opposition in to a staring contest, and had the wherewithals to hold his own more often in not blinking first. He was a master at pushing a game to the last over, to the last run, to the last ball and had the confidence that his ability to handle human frailties of feeling the pressure of the situation would win out over the opponents'.
Source:Firstpost
