We have always talked or read about our Team India cricket
captain M S Dhoni on various occasions. He is Mr. Cool of Indian cricket. And he
has proved this on more occasions than one. There are countless examples of why
Dhoni is the greatest of all captains.
Let us keep out the figures that he has now second on the
list of captains who have won the most consecutive World Cup matches – 11. He has
also won his 100th match as a captain for India when India defeated Bangladesh yesterday.
There are many more such examples to his credit. But, let us
look at the bigger picture.
It is really sad to mention that Australia gets involved in
sledging when things aren’t going their way. They try to disturb the attention
of the opposition by saying those kinds of things that aren’t expected from
iconic players like Ricky Ponting and Co. The entire world knows this. What’s
more, even the current young players in the team have adopted this culture.
This does not make it a gentleman’s game. After all, they
should learn to play in the spirit of the game unlike what they did against India
in the (in)famous Sydney Test match.
But when Zimbabwe’s Taylor was going after Indian bowling in
the last league game for India, Dhoni was visibly looking worried. Ravindra
Jadeja was taken to the sword. However, there was not a single comment from
Dhoni to disturb his attention.
Going in the past a bit, when Misbah-Ul-Haq was threatening
to take the final match of the inaugural T20 World Cup away from India, then
too he didn’t speak a word that would be termed as sledging.
On the other hand Bangladesh captain Murtuza was getting so
agitated with his players when India started the run flow in the quarter final
match yesterday. This man, Dhoni, is all up to himself planning and guiding his
team.
Playing mind games is alright. But, sledging cannot be the
mode to do that. And there are some players who seriously need to learn this.
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