Dhoni has once again exposed his captaincy problems when in tough situations. Just like in Australia when he looked clueless in Test matches, Dhoni showed signs of an increasingly inflexible approach - not enough innovation and going for bowlers who proved to be expensive in the end overs. Ben Hilfenhaus was always a wrong choice to bowl the end overs after his prior history in the tournament.
Ultimately CSK failed due to their bowling. This year, the bowling was weaker and got exposed on several occasions. Jakati - far from impressive. Next time, Jakati should be given up for some other quality spinner, I think. We always lacked one quality wicket-taking bowler in every game.
Take nothing away from KKR though. Congrats to their batsmen who played a superb innings to take the crown away from chennai.
But did anybody else feel SRK acted like a clown after the victory, particularly in his interview? He has no grace in either victory or defeat.
I agree. CSK's bowling this year, especially our spinners have been mediocre and that has contributed to our ordinary show in the league. When Hilfenhaus came up with some good bowling performances, that's when we came back big time into the league and got into the playoffs and also we brushed aside MI and DD in the playoffs. We need to find a replacement for Jakati and that too an Indian spinner. Anyways Jakati is never considered for an Indian spot, so its time to try someone else. They should look into Aushik Srinivas from the Tamil Nadu team.
Dhoni's decisions look good when they work. When they don't, this is how he looks like. But there have been very few captains who have adapted and looked truly flexible over a long period of time. When their time is good, they look good. Ganguly was pretty similar.
